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Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse auka, from Proto-Germanic *aukaną. Cognate with Latin augēo (“I increase”).
Verb
øke (imperative øk, present tense øker, passive økes, simple past øka or øket or økte, past participle øka or øket or økt, present participle økende)
- to increase
Derived terms
References
- auka in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.