voksen
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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vaxinn, a past participle of the verb vaxa (Danish vokse). Cognate with Norwegian voksen, Swedish vuxen.
Adjective
voksen (neuter voksent, plural and definite singular attributive voksne)
Inflection
| Inflection of voksen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | voksen | — | —2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | voksent | — | —2 |
| Plural | voksne | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | voksne | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
References
- “voksen” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
voksen c
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
voksen
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Adjective
voksen (neuter singular voksent, definite singular and plural voksne)
Derived terms
See also
- vaksen (Nynorsk)
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- vokset (nonstandard since 2019)
Noun
voksen m
References
- “voksen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- vokset (nonstandard since 2019)
Noun
voksen m