vaska

vaska (accusative singular vaskan, plural vaskaj, accusative plural vaskajn)

1. Basque (of or pertaining to the Basque people)

• eŭska

From Old Norse vaska, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“water; wet”).

vaska (third person singular past indicative vaskaði, third person plural past indicative vaskaðu, supine vaskað)

1. to wash

Conjugation of vaska (group v-30)
infinitive	vaska
supine	vaskað
participle (a6)1	vaskandi	vaskaður
	present	past
first singular	vaski	vaskaði
second singular	vaskar	vaskaði
third singular	vaskar	vaskaði
plural	vaska	vaskaðu
	imperative
singular	vaska!
plural	vaskið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

• vaska upp

From Old Norse vaska, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“water; wet”).

vaska

1. to wash

• vaska upp

vaska

1. inflection of vaskur:
   1. indefinite accusative plural
   2. indefinite genitive plural

vaska m

1. genitive singular of vasks

• vasket

vaska

1. simple past of vaske
2. past participle of vaske

• vaske

From Old Norse vaska.

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

1. to wash (something, someone, oneself (reflexive))

• Russenorsk: vaskom

• “vaska” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“water; wet”). Compare Old English wascan, Old Frisian waska, Old Saxon waskan, Old High German wascan, waskan.

vaska (singular past indicative vaskaði, plural past indicative vǫskuðu, past participle vaskaðr)

1. to wash

• Danish: vaske
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vaske
• Faroese: vaska
• Icelandic: vaska
• Swedish: vaska
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vaska
  • Russenorsk: vaskom

• “vaska”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Old Norse vaska, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“water; wet”).

vaska (present vaskar, preterite vaskade, supine vaskat, imperative vaska)

1. to wash

   Synonyms: tvätta, diska, rengöra, byka

2. to separate gold from dirt and sand with a pan

   Har du någonsin vaskat guld?

   Have you ever washed gold?

3. (informal) to get at valuable items or thoughts from an abundance of less interesting material

   Har du lyckats vaska fram något om den misstänkte?

   Have you been able to find something about the suspect (from all information available)?

From vask (“a sink”) +‎ -a.

vaska (present vaskar, preterite vaskade, supine vaskat, imperative vaska)

1. (slang) to buy (expensive) champagne (at a restaurant) and pour it (or have it poured) down the drain (to flaunt wealth)
2. (slang, by extension) to buy anything and deliberately destroy it (to flaunt wealth)

• stekare (“member of the upper class with flashy lifestyle”)

• vaska in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vaska in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vaska in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• Sinking (behavior) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• skava, vakas