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).

vaske c

1. plural indefinite of vask

vaske (imperative vask, infinitive at vaske, present tense vasker, past tense vaskede, perfect tense vasket)

1. to wash
2. to shampoo (to wash hair with shampoo)
3. to launder (to wash; to disguise the source of ill-gotten wealth)
4. to shuffle (to mix up cards in a random order before a card game)

• “vaske” in Den Danske Ordbog

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)

vaske (imperative vask, present tense vasker, passive vaskes, simple past and past participle vaska or vasket)

1. to wash (clean with water)

• “vaske” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

vaske (present tense vaskar, past tense vaska, past participle vaska, passive infinitive vaskast, present participle vaskande, imperative vaske/vask)

1. e-infinitive form of vaska (in dialects with e-infinitive or split infinitive)