waakse

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian waxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-.

Pronunciation

Verb

waakse

  1. to increase, to grow

Inflection

Strong class 6
infinitive waakse
3rd singular past woeks
past participle woeksen
infinitive waakse
long infinitive waaksen
gerund waaksen n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular waaks woeks
2nd singular waakst woekst
3rd singular waakst woeks
plural waakse woeksen
imperative waaks
participles waaksend woeksen

Derived terms

Further reading

  • waakse”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011