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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

vaske.

to wash (clean with water)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to wash (clean with water)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Danish vaske, 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). The simple past tense is from oral Norwegian (compare to the declension of Norwegian Nynorsk vaska)

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