Although increasing in height and growth in height are correct translations fo the Dutch verb wassen and noun was, I think they are too restrictive. An example: when we speak of a wassende maan, we don't mean that the moon increases in height, but that the illuminated hemisphere of the moon as seen from Earth becomes bigger. Perhaps grow, rise, increase, become higher and/or become bigger would be better translations. D.D. 19:40 Apr 26, 2003 (UTC)
You are right. I should have thought of the expression with the moon. It is only commonly used in relation to water and the moon though, as far as I know.Polyglot 19:50 Apr 26, 2003 (UTC)
Well, there is also the expression uit de kluiten gewassen, and AFAIK it's not wrong (though maybe a bit obsolete) to speak of wassende planten (which, of course, is connected to the noun gewas). I'll let you decide how you want to adapt the article. D.D. 19:59 Apr 26, 2003 (UTC)
Circa 2004, the company where I work employed a woman who would gossip on the phone with her friends, and who on learning what they had done would cackle, "Oh, was you?" (i.e. "were you?"). Heard it again in the pub today, something like "when you was at the bar". These people must know that it's ungrammatical, but they use it anyway. So I think perhaps "was" is gaining a slang sense of "(you) were". The register would be similar to "ain't" and the like. Equinox ◑ 17:14, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
I's --Backinstadiums (talk) 13:14, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
Could somebody add a brief note regarding what was its status "before" as opposed to (now colloquial or nonstandard)? --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:49, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
See Wiktionary:Tea room/2020/May#Monday_was_a_week.. - -sche (discuss) 19:32, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
See is for a comparison. JMGN (talk) 21:14, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
(Notifying Matthias Buchmeier, -sche, Jberkel, Mahagaja, Fay Freak, Helrasincke): Am I spidering? This audio sounds very dialectal to me. — Fytcha〈 T | L | C 〉 01:33, 5 December 2024 (UTC)