Wachs

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See also: wachs and Wåchs

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wahs, from Old High German wahs, from Proto-Germanic *wahsą. Akin to Luxembourgish Wuess, Dutch was, English wax, Danish voks, Swedish vax.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vaks/
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Noun

Wachs n or (nonstandard) m (strong, genitive Wachses, plural Wachse)

  1. wax
  2. (ornithology) cere

Declension

Declension of Wachs
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das, der Wachs die Wachse
genitive eines des Wachses der Wachse
dative einem dem Wachs, Wachse1 den Wachsen
accusative ein, einen das, den Wachs die Wachse

1Now rare, see notes.

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Descendants

  • → Russian: вакса (vaksa)
    • → Armenian: վաքս (vakʻs), վակս (vaks)
    • → Persian: واکس (vâks)

Further reading

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Pronunciation

Noun

Wachs n (plural Wachs)

  1. wax

Derived terms

Further reading

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