vask

See also: VASK, vask', and våsk

Danish

Noun

vask c (singular definite vasken, plural indefinite vaske)

1. washing
2. wash
3. sink
4. washbasin

Declension

Declension of vask

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vask	vasken	vaske	vaskene
genitive	vasks	vaskens	vaskes	vaskenes

See also

• vask on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Verb

vask

1. imperative of vaske

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vaski, from Proto-Uralic *waśke.

Noun

vask (genitive vase, partitive vaske)

1. copper

Inflection

Declension of vask (ÕS type 22i/külm, k-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vask	vased
accusative	nom.
	gen.	vase
genitive			vaskede
partitive		vaske	vaski vaskesid
illative		vaske vasesse	vaskedesse vasisse
inessive		vases	vaskedes vasis
elative		vasest	vaskedest vasist
allative		vasele	vaskedele vasile
adessive		vasel	vaskedel vasil
ablative		vaselt	vaskedelt vasilt
translative		vaseks	vaskedeks vasiks
terminative		vaseni	vaskedeni
essive		vasena	vaskedena
abessive		vaseta	vaskedeta
comitative		vasega	vaskedega

Icelandic

Noun

vask

1. indefinite accusative singular of vaskur

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vaski.

Noun

vask

1. copper

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb vaske.

Noun

vask m (definite singular vasken, indefinite plural vasker, definite plural vaskene)

1. any washbasin
2. a sink
3. wash

   Skjortene er til vask. ― The shirts are in the wash (laundry).

   Bilen trenger (en) vask. ― The car needs a wash.

Synonyms

• servant

Derived terms

• hjernevask
• maskinvask

References

• “vask” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology 2

Verb

vask

1. imperative of vaske

Old Norse

Contraction

vask

1. (bragarmál) Contraction of vas ek.

Swedish

Noun

vask c

1. Synonym of slasktratt (“sink (for discharging wastewater)”)

   Synonym: slask

Declension

Declension of vask

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vask	vasks
	definite	vasken	vaskens
plural	indefinite	vaskar	vaskars
	definite	vaskarna	vaskarnas

Derived terms

• det löser sig, sa han som sket i vasken
• vaska (“to buy champagne and pour it down the drain”)

See also

• diskbänk (“kitchen sink countertop”)
• diskho (“sink”)

References

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

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vaski, from Proto-Uralic *waśke.

Noun

vask

1. copper

Inflection

Inflection of vask (inflection type 3/kivi)
nominative sing.	vask
genitive sing.	vasken
partitive sing.	vasked
partitive plur.	—
	singular	plural
nominative	vask	—
accusative	vasken	—
genitive	vasken	—
partitive	vasked	—
essive-instructive	vasken	—
translative	vaskeks	—
inessive	vaskes	—
elative	vaskespäi	—
illative	vaskehe	—
adessive	vaskel	—
ablative	vaskelpäi	—
allative	vaskele	—
abessive	vasketa	—
comitative	vaskenke	—
prolative	vaskedme	—
approximative I	vaskenno	—
approximative II	vaskennoks	—
egressive	vaskennopäi	—
terminative I	vaskehesai	—
terminative II	vaskelesai	—
terminative III	vaskessai	—
additive I	vaskehepäi	—
additive II	vaskelepäi	—

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “медь”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika