vaske
Danish
Etymology
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 er/har 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)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
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).
Verb
vaske (imperative vask, present tense vasker, passive vaskes, simple past and past participle vaska or vasket)
- to wash (clean with water)
Derived terms
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References
- “vaske” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Verb
vaske (present tense vaskar, past tense vaska, past participle vaska, passive infinitive vaskast, present participle vaskande, imperative vaske/vask)
- to wash (something, someone, oneself (reflexive))
Alternative forms
Derived terms
References
- “vaske” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Danish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Danish non-lemma forms
- Danish noun forms
- Danish lemmas
- Danish verbs
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs