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vaske

vaske

Danish

Noun

vaske c

  1. plural indefinite of vask

Verb

vaske (imperative vask, infinitive at vaske, present tense vasker, past tense vaskede, perfect tense er/har vasket)

  1. to wash
  2. to shampoo (to wash hair with shampoo)
  3. to launder (to wash; to disguise the source of ill-gotten wealth)
  4. to shuffle (to mix up cards in a random order before a card game)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse vaska (to wash), from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (wet; water). Cognate with Swedish vaska, German waschen, Old English wæscan (English wash).

Verb

vaske (imperative vask, present tense vasker, passive vaskes, simple past and past participle vaska or vasket)

  1. to wash (clean with water)

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