voksen

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔksən/, [ˈʋʌɡ̊sn̩]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vaxinn, a past participle of the verb vaxa (Danish vokse). Cognate with Norwegian voksen, Swedish vuxen.

Adjective

voksen (neuter voksent, plural and definite singular attributive voksne)

  1. adult, grown-up
  2. full-grown
Inflection
Inflection of voksen
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular voksen — —2
indefinite neuter singular voksent — —2
plural voksne — —2
definite attributive1 voksne — —

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

voksen c

  1. definite singular of voks

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

voksen

  1. gerund of vokse

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Danish voksen.

Adjective

voksen (neuter singular voksent, definite singular and plural voksne)

  1. adult, fully grown, grown-up
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • vokset (nonstandard since 2019)

Noun

voksen m

  1. definite masculine singular of voks

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • vokset (nonstandard since 2019)

Noun

voksen m

  1. definite masculine singular of voks
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