vaske

See also: Vaske

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish waskæ, from Old Norse vaska (“to wash”), from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“wet; water”). Cognate with Swedish vaska, German waschen, Old English wæscan (English wash).

Noun

vaske c

plural indefinite of vask

Verb

vaske (imperative vask, infinitive at vaske, present tense vasker, past tense vaskede, perfect tense vasket)

to wash
to shampoo (to wash hair with shampoo)
to launder (to wash; to disguise the source of ill-gotten wealth)
to shuffle (to mix up cards in a random order before a card game)

Conjugation

Conjugation of vaske

	active	passive
present	vasker	vaskes
past	vaskede	vaskedes
infinitive	vaske	vaskes
imperative	vask	—

	participle
present	vaskende
past	vasket (auxiliary verb have or være)
gerund	vasken

Synonyms

tvætte
to

Derived terms

References

“vaske” in Den Danske Ordbog
“vaske” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Inherited from Danish vaske, from Old Norse vaska (“to wash”), from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“wet; water”). Cognate with Swedish vaska, German waschen, Old English wæscan (English wash). The simple past tense is from oral Norwegian (compare to the declension of Norwegian Nynorsk vaska)

Verb

vaske (imperative vask, present tense vasker, passive vaskes, simple past and past participle vaska or vasket)

to wash (clean with water)

Derived terms

References

“vaske” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vaske (present tense vaskar, past tense vaska, past participle vaska, passive infinitive vaskast, present participle vaskande, imperative vaske/vask)

e-infinitive form of vaska (in dialects with e-infinitive or split infinitive)