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zich_wassen

wassen

Dutch

Verb

wassen

  1. (transitive) to wash, to clean
Inflection
Inflection of wassen (weak with strong past participle)
infinitive wassen
past singular waste
past participle gewassen
infinitive wassen
gerund wassen n
verbal noun
present tense past tense
1st person singular was waste
2nd person sing. (jij) wast waste
2nd person sing. (u) wast waste
2nd person sing. (gij) wast waste
3rd person singular wast waste
plural wassen wasten
subjunctive sing.1 wasse waste
subjunctive plur.1 wassen wasten
imperative sing. was
imperative plur.1 wast
participles wassend gewassen
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch wassen, from Old Dutch wahsan, wassan, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną (to increase), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (to increase).

Verb

wassen

  1. (intransitive, archaic) to grow, to rise, to increase, to become higher and/or bigger, to wax
    de wassende maan
    the waxing moon
Inflection
Inflection of wassen (strong class 7)
infinitive wassen
past singular wies
past participle gewassen
infinitive wassen
gerund wassen n
verbal noun
present tense past tense
1st person singular was wies
2nd person sing. (jij) wast wies
2nd person sing. (u) wast wies
2nd person sing. (gij) wast wiest
3rd person singular wast wies
plural wassen wiesen
subjunctive sing.1 wasse wiese
subjunctive plur.1 wassen wiesen
imperative sing. was
imperative plur.1 wast
participles wassend gewassen
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From was + -en.

Adjective

wassen (not comparable)

  1. made of wax, waxen
Inflection
Inflection of wassen
uninflected wassen
inflected wassen
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. wassen
n. sing. wassen
plural wassen
definite wassen
partitive

Etymology 4

From was + -en.

Verb

wassen

  1. (transitive) to rub wax on
Inflection
Inflection of wassen (weak)
infinitive wassen
past singular waste
past participle gewast
infinitive wassen
gerund wassen n
verbal noun
present tense past tense
1st person singular was waste
2nd person sing. (jij) wast waste
2nd person sing. (u) wast waste
2nd person sing. (gij) wast waste
3rd person singular wast waste
plural wassen wasten
subjunctive sing.1 wasse waste
subjunctive plur.1 wassen wasten
imperative sing. was
imperative plur.1 wast
participles wassend gewast
1) Archaic.

Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon wahsan, from Proto-Germanic *wahsaną.

Verb

wassen

  1. to wax, grow

Conjugation