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Wachs

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See also: wachs and Wåchs

German

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /vaks/
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    Noun

    Wachs n or (nonstandard) m (strong, genitive Wachses, plural Wachse)

    1. wax
    2. (ornithology) cere

    Declension

    Hyponyms

    • Bienenwachs
    • Bohnerwachs
    • Kaltwachs
    • Kerzenwachs
    • Warmwachs

    Derived terms

    Descendants

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

    Further reading

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    Pronunciation

    Noun

    Wachs n (plural Wachs)

    1. wax

    Derived terms

    • Wachsblumm

    Further reading

    • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Wachs”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

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