Nominal Forms
Infinitive: wahsen
Past Participle: gewahsen
Present participle: wahsende
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| ich | wahse |
| du | wehsest |
| ër | wehset |
| wir | wahsen |
| ir | wahset |
| sie | wahsent |
Past
| ich | wuohs |
| du | wühse |
| ër | wuohs |
| wir | wuohsen |
| ir | wuohset |
| sie | wuohsen |
Subjunctive
Present
| ich | wahse |
| du | wahsest |
| ër | wahset |
| wir | wahsen |
| ir | wahset |
| sie | wahsen |
Past
| ich | wuohse |
| du | wühsest |
| ër | wuohse |
| wir | wuohsen |
| ir | wuohset |
| sie | wuohsen |
Imperative
| du | wehses |
| wir | wahsen |
| ir | wahset |
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German wahsan, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną. See: Old High German 'wahsan', Old High German 'wahsan', Proto-Germanic '
*wahsijaną'.
Verbs referencing "wahsen"
German, old spelling
wachsen, Cimbrian baksan, Hunsrik
wachse, Luxembourgish
wuessen.
Verbs similar to 'wahsen'
ahten,
dëhsen,
halsen,
twahen,
wachen,
walken,
wallen,
walten,
walzen,
waten,
Nibelungen Lied References
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(Nibelungenlied 2a:1) ez wuohs in Burgonden. ein vile edel magedîn. There once grew up in Burgundy / a maid of noble birth,
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(Nibelungenlied 19a:1) dô wuohs in Niderlanten. eines edeln küninges kint. There grew likewise in Netherland / a prince of noble kind,
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(Nibelungenlied 21a:1) ê daz der degen küene. vol wüehse ze manne. In the springtime of his vigor, / when he was young and bold,
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(Nibelungenlied 22a:3) waz êren an im wüehse. unde wie schoene was sîn lîp. 'Twas soon the chiefest glory / of his father's land,