English

Verb

asken

1. (obsolete) plural simple present form of ask
   • c. 1450, Prose Merlin

     And Merlin seide, "Of that ye me asken, I shall not speke withoute Ulfyn."

   • c. 1536, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Mine own John Poyntz

     And much the less of things that greater be,

     That asken help of colours of device

   • a. 1727, Alexander Pope, Imitations of English Poets: Chaucer

     They asken that, and talken this,

Danish

Noun

asken c

1. singular definite of ask

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

asken m

1. definite singular of ask

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• aska

Noun

asken m, f

1. definite masculine singular of aske

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

asken m

1. definite singular of ask

Swedish

Noun

asken

1. definite singular of ask