anwachsen
German, verb
anwachsen is spelled A-N-W-A-C-H-S-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,978th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anwachsen is a German verb meaning “to accrue, rise, increase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anwachsen is a different word: “accumulation, accretion, growth”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Verbindung mit dem Boden eingehen, indem die Wurzeln der Pflanzen festwachsen”.
What does anwachsen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to accrue, rise, increase
- 2
to grow (on); to take root
noun
- 1
neuteraccumulation, accretion, growth
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Verbindung mit dem Boden eingehen, indem die Wurzeln der Pflanzen festwachsen 2. eine feste Verbindung mit etwas eingehen 3. fortlaufend zunehmen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of anwachsen
- wächst an present singular third-person
- wuchs an past
- angewachsen participle past
- wüchse an past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 6 strong
- anwachsend participle present
- anzuwachsen infinitive infinitive-zu
- wachse an first-person indicative present
- wachsen an first-person indicative plural
- wachst an indicative plural present
- wachsest an second-person singular subjunctive
- wachset an plural second-person subjunctive
- wuchsen an first-person indicative plural
- wüchsen an first-person formal plural
- wuchsest an indicative preterite second-person
- wuchst an indicative preterite second-person
- wüchsest an formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anwachsen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anwachsen in German?
anwachsen appears 1.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).