Wachs

See also: wachs

German

Etymology

From Old High German wahs, from Proto-Germanic *wahsą. Akin to Dutch was, English wax, Danish voks, Swedish vax.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vaks/
  • (file)

Noun

Wachs n (genitive Wachses, plural Wachse)

  1. wax
  2. (ornithology) cere

Declension

Derived terms

  • Bienenwachs n
  • Kerzenwachs n
  • Wachsabdruck n
  • Wachsbild n
  • Wachsfarbe f
  • Wachsfigur f
  • Wachsfleck m
  • Wachskerze f
  • Wachskohle f
  • Wachsmalstift
  • Wachsmalkreide
  • Wachspapier n
  • Wachsschicht f
  • Wachssiegel n
  • Wachstafel f

Descendants

  • → Russian: вакса (vaksa)
    • Armenian: վաքս (vakʿs), վակս (vaks)
    • Persian: واکس (vâks)

Further reading

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