zunehmen
German, verb[ˈtsuːneːmən]
zunehmen is spelled Z-U-N-E-H-M-E-N (8 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written German, the 13,123rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zunehmen is a German verb meaning “to increase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “größer werden”.
What does zunehmen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to increase
- 2
to gain weight
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. größer werden 2. eine Eigenschaft oder einen Besitz vergrößern 3. schwerer oder dicker werden 4. den von der Erde aus sichtbaren beleuchteten Teil 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 zunehmen
- nimmt zu present singular third-person
- nahm zu past
- zugenommen participle past
- nähme zu past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 4 strong
- zunehmend participle present
- zuzunehmen infinitive infinitive-zu
- nehme zu first-person indicative present
- nehmen zu first-person indicative plural
- nimmst zu indicative present second-person
- nehmt zu indicative plural present
- nehmest zu second-person singular subjunctive
- nehmet zu plural second-person subjunctive
- nahmen zu first-person indicative plural
- nähmen zu first-person plural subjunctive
- nahmst zu indicative preterite second-person
- nahmt zu indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zunehmen?
- [ˈtsuːneːmən]
- [ˈt͡suːˌneːmən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zunehmen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zunehmen in German?
zunehmen appears 4.6 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).