Danish

Noun

vaske c

1. plural indefinite of vask

Verb

vaske ‎(imperative vask, infinitive at vaske, present tense vasker, past tense vaskede, perfect tense er/har 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)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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).

Verb

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

1. to wash (clean with water)

Derived terms

References

• “vaske” in The Bokmål Dictionary.