hvitvaske
Norwegian
verb
Definitions
- to whitewash deliberately attempt to conceal unpleasant or incriminating facts
- to launder money
Etymology
Compound from Norwegian Bokmål hvit + Norwegian Bokmål vaske (wash)derived from English whitewash.
Origin
English
whitewash
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wash English
- white English
- whitewash English
- whitewashable English
- whitewashed English
- whitewasher English
- whitewashes English
- whitewashing English
- Snøhvit Norwegian Bokmål
- blåhvit Norwegian Bokmål
- gråhvit Norwegian Bokmål
- hjernevaske Norwegian Bokmål
- hvit Norwegian Bokmål
- hvitaktig Norwegian Bokmål
- hvithåret Norwegian Bokmål
- hvitløk Norwegian Bokmål
- hvitmalt Norwegian Bokmål
- hvitvasking Norwegian Bokmål
- hvitvin Norwegian Bokmål
- snøhvit Norwegian Bokmål
- svarthvit Norwegian Bokmål
- sølvhvit Norwegian Bokmål
- utvasking Norwegian Bokmål
- vaskbar Norwegian Bokmål
- vaske Norwegian Bokmål
- vaskebjørn Norwegian Bokmål
- vaskebrett Norwegian Bokmål
- vaskemaskin Norwegian Bokmål
- vaskemiddel Norwegian Bokmål
- vaskepulver Norwegian Bokmål
- vaskeri Norwegian Bokmål
- hvítr Old Norse
- vaska Old Norse