auswachsen
German, verb[ˈʔaʊ̯svaksn̩]
auswachsen is spelled A-U-S-W-A-C-H-S-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 120,168th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auswachsen is a German verb meaning “to right or correct itself” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “seine volle (bemerkenswerte) Größe erreichen”.
What does auswachsen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to right or correct itself
- 2
to grow
- 3
to grow out of something
- 4
to sprout
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. seine volle (bemerkenswerte) Größe erreichen 2. aus etwas heraussprießen (wachsen) 3. so die Körpergröße verändern, dass Kleidung nicht mehr passt 4. durch Altern und Wachstum von alleine besser werden oder verschwinden
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 auswachsen
- wächst aus present singular third-person
- wuchs aus past
- ausgewachsen participle past
- wüchse aus past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- 6 strong
- haben or sein auxiliary
- auswachsend participle present
- auszuwachsen infinitive infinitive-zu
- wachse aus first-person indicative present
- wachsen aus first-person indicative plural
- wachst aus indicative plural present
- wachsest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- wachset aus plural second-person subjunctive
- wuchsen aus first-person indicative plural
- wüchsen aus first-person formal plural
- wuchsest aus indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce auswachsen?
- [ˈʔaʊ̯svaksn̩]
- [ˈʔaʊ̯svaksən]
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌvaksn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is auswachsen in German?
auswachsen appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).