växa
See also: vaxa
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish væxa, from Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-, cognate with wax (of the moon).
Pronunciation
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Verb
editväxa (present växer, preterite växte, supine vuxit or växt, imperative väx)
- grow; increase in size
- kyrkan och kungens makt växte i betydelse
- the church and the power of the king grew in significance
- grow; sprout
- 1891, Selma Lögerlöf, “23, Patron Julius”, in Gösta Berlings Saga[1] (fiction), Frithiof Hellbergs förlag, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 276:
- Längs vägen vuxo prästkragar och sötblomster och gökärter.
- Along the way grew daisies and camomiles and bitter vetches.
Usage notes
editThe strong singular past tense (originally vox) is never seen, but there is an archaic plural past tense vuxo and a subjunctive vuxe. There is also the past participle vuxen, which has taken on a sense of grown-up or adult.
Conjugation
editConjugation of växa (class 6 strong)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | växa | växas | ||
Supine | vuxit | vuxits | ||
Imperative | väx | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | växen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | växer | *vox | växes | *voxs |
Ind. plural1 | växa | vuxo | växas | vuxos |
Subjunctive2 | växe | vuxe | växes | vuxes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | växande | |||
Past participle | vuxen | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Conjugation of växa (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | växa | växas | ||
Supine | växt | växts | ||
Imperative | väx | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | växen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | växer | växte | växes | växtes |
Ind. plural1 | växa | växte | växas | växtes |
Subjunctive2 | växe | växte | växes | växtes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | växande | |||
Past participle | växt | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Antonyms
editRelated terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- växa in Svensk ordbok.
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