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wachsen

German, verb

wachsen is spelled W-A-C-H-S-E-N (7 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written German, the 2,820th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wachsen is a German verb meaning “to grow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wachsen is a different word: “dative plural of Wachs”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “allmählich größer werden; von der Größe, vom Umfang her zunehmen”.

What does wachsen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to grow

    Die Pflanze wächst schneller als ich dachte.

  2. 2

    to grow, to increase

verb

  1. 1

    to wax (to coath with wax)

noun

as Wachsen
  1. 1

    masculinedative plural of Wachs

noun

as Wachsen
  1. 1

    neutergerund of wachsen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. allmählich größer werden; von der Größe, vom Umfang her zunehmen 2. sich im Laufe des Wachsens¹ entwickeln; an einer bestimmten Stelle vorkommen und gedeihen 3. im Laufe der Zeit länger werden; an Länge gewinnen 4. sich in gewisser Weise im Wachstum entwickeln

verb: 1. mit Wachs behandeln

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 wachsen

  • wächst present singular third-person
  • wuchs past
  • gewachsen participle past
  • wüchse past subjunctive
  • sein auxiliary
  • 6 strong
  • wachsend participle present
  • wachse first-person indicative present
  • wachst indicative plural present
  • wachsest second-person singular subjunctive
  • wachset plural second-person subjunctive
  • wuchsen first-person indicative plural
  • wüchsen first-person formal plural
  • wuchsest indicative preterite second-person
  • wuchst indicative preterite second-person
  • wüchsest formal rare second-person
  • wüchst formal rare second-person
  • wüchset formal plural rare

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to wachsen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is wachsen in German?

wachsen appears 29 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).

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