wäsche

From Old High German wascan, waskan, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną. Cognate with German waschen, English wash, Swedish vaska.

wäsche

1. (Uri) to wash

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 13.

• wääsche (chiefly western variant)

From Old High German wascan, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną. Secondary umlaut caused by the following palatal is found throughout western dialects of High German; compare Central Franconian Bösch, Fläsch, Frösch etc.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛʃə/

wäsche (third-person singular present wäsch or wäscht or wisch or wischt, preterite woosch, past participle jewäsche or gewäsche or gewäsch or gewäscht)

1. (most dialects) to wash

• The present conjugation with -i- was originally predominant, but is now dated in many dialects.