zuwachsen

See also: Zuwachsen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German zuowahsen.[1] By surface analysis, zu- +‎ wachsen

Pronunciation
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Verb

zuwachsen (class 6 strong, third-person singular present wächst zu, past tense wuchs zu, past participle zugewachsen, past subjunctive wüchse zu, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to close by growing
    1. of a wound, to close through natural regeneration
      Synonym: zusammenwachsen
    2. of become overgrown
      Synonyms: verwachsen, überwachsen, überwuchern
  2. (intransitive) to grow in a specific direction [+ auf (towards)]
    Synonym: hinwachsen
  3. (intransitive) to (involuntarily, haphazardly) happen to become the responsibility (of somebody) [+dative]
    Synonyms: zufallen, zuteilwerden
    Uns sind neue Aufgaben zugewachsen. ― New tasks have (suddenly) become our responsibility.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

References
  1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “zuwachsen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading
  • “zuwachsen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “zuwachsen” in Duden online
  • “zuwachsen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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