Esperanto

Adjective

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

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

Synonyms

• eŭska

Faroese

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. to wash

Conjugation

Icelandic

Verb

vaska

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Noun

vaska

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

Latvian

Noun

vaska m

1. genitive singular form of vasks

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• vasket

Verb

vaska

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

Old Norse

Etymology

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.

Verb

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

1. to wash

Descendants

• Danish: vaske
• Faroese: vaska
• Icelandic: vaska
• Norwegian: vaske
• Swedish: vaska

References

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

Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. to wash
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 stuff

   Har du lyckats vaska fram något om den misstänkte?

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

Conjugation

Usage notes

From slang for the practice of ordering more of an item than necessary and then throwing out the unneeded items in a show of excess. For example, to order two glasses of wine, consume one, throw out the other to show to others you have an excess of wealth to waste, and exclaim "Vaska"

Synonyms

(to wash)

• byka
• rengöra
• tvätta