verzehnfachen
German, verb
verzehnfachen is spelled V-E-R-Z-E-H-N-F-A-C-H-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 177,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verzehnfachen is a German verb meaning “to decuple, to decuplicate, to multiply by ten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verzehnfachen is a different word: “gerund of verzehnfachen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Menge so vergrößern/vermehren, dass sie hinterher zehnmal so groß ist”.
What does verzehnfachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to decuple, to decuplicate, to multiply by ten
- 2
to increase tenfold (to become ten times as large)
Die Bevölkerung hat sich inzwischen verzehnfacht.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verzehnfachen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Menge so vergrößern/vermehren, dass sie hinterher zehnmal so groß ist 2. sich auf die zehnfache Anzahl erhöhen beziehungsweise zehnfache Menge vergrößern
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 verzehnfachen
- verzehnfacht present singular third-person
- verzehnfachte past
- haben auxiliary
- verzehnfachend participle present
- verzehnfache first-person indicative present
- verzehnfachst indicative present second-person
- verzehnfachest second-person singular subjunctive
- verzehnfachet plural second-person subjunctive
- verzehnfachten first-person indicative plural
- verzehnfachtest indicative preterite second-person
- verzehnfachtet indicative plural preterite
- verzehnfach imperative second-person singular
- habe verzehnfacht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verzehnfacht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verzehnfach! imperative singular
- verzehnfache! imperative singular
- verzehnfacht! imperative plural
- verzehnfacht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verzehnfachen in German?
verzehnfachen appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).