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/
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Noun

Wachs n (genitive Wachses, plural Wachse)

  1. wax
  2. (ornithology) cere

Declension
Declension of Wachs
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Wachs die Wachse
genitive eines des Wachses der Wachse
dative einem dem Wachs,
Wachse1		 den Wachsen
accusative einen den Wachs die Wachse
1Now uncommon, see notes

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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