växa
See also: vaxa
Swedish
Etymology
From 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
växa (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 [23, Squire Julius]”, in Gösta Berlings Saga [Gösta Berling's Saga] (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
The 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
Conjugation 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
See also
Further reading
- växa in Svensk ordbok.
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