wachsen

Meaning

  1. (class-6,intransitive,strong) to grow
  2. (class-6,figuratively,intransitive,strong) to grow, to increase

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

waggse

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

koo

Fribourg

Fribourg

wachse

Fribourg

Fribourg

wakse

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Hyphenated as
wach‧sen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvaksn̩/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German wahsen, from Old High German wahsan, from Proto-West Germanic *wahsan, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-. Compare Low German wassen, Dutch wassen, West Frisian waakse, English wax, Danish vokse, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wahsjan).

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