växt

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See also: vaxt

Swedish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish væxter, vaxter, from Old Norse vǫxtr, from Proto-Germanic *wahstuz.

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Noun

växt c

  1. (botany) a plant
    örter och träd och mossor och andra växter
    herbs and trees and mosses and other plants
  2. (biology) growth; size, length (of human and animal bodies and sometimes plants)
    vara liten i växten
    be short
    (literally, “be small in the growth”)
    stanna i växten
    stop growing
    (literally, “stop in the growth”)

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Verb

växt

  1. supine of växa
    Synonym: vuxit

Participle

växt

  1. past participle of växa

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