växa

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See also: vaxa

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish væxa, from Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-, cognate with wax (of the moon).

Pronunciation

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Verb

växa (present växer, preterite växte, supine vuxit or växt, imperative väx)

  1. grow; increase in size
    kyrkan och kungens makt växte i betydelse
    the church and the power of the king grew in significance
  2. grow; sprout
    • 1891, Selma Lögerlöf, “23, Patron Julius [23, Squire Julius]”, in Gösta Berlings Saga [Gösta Berling's Saga]‎ (fiction), Frithiof Hellbergs förlag, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 276:
      Längs vägen vuxo prästkragar och sötblomster och gökärter.
      Along the way grew daisies and camomiles and bitter vetches.

Usage notes

The strong singular past tense (originally vox) is never seen, but there is an archaic plural past tense vuxo and a subjunctive vuxe. There is also the past participle vuxen, which has taken on a sense of grown-up or adult.

Conjugation

Conjugation of växa (class 6 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive växa växas
Supine vuxit vuxits
Imperative väx —
Imper. plural1 växen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative växer *vox växes *voxs
Ind. plural1 växa vuxo växas vuxos
Subjunctive2 växe vuxe växes vuxes
Participles
Present participle växande
Past participle vuxen
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Conjugation of växa (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive växa växas
Supine växt växts
Imperative väx —
Imper. plural1 växen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative växer växte växes växtes
Ind. plural1 växa växte växas växtes
Subjunctive2 växe växte växes växtes
Participles
Present participle växande
Past participle växt
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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