zunehmend
German, adjective[ˈt͡suːneːmənt]
zunehmend is spelled Z-U-N-E-H-M-E-N-D (9 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written German, the 2,891st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zunehmend is a German adjective meaning “increasing, growing, mounting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of zunehmen.
What does zunehmend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
increasing, growing, mounting
verb
- 1
present participle of zunehmen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. mehr in Zahl, Menge oder Häufigkeit werdend, sich vergrößernd, ansteigend
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 zunehmend
- zunehmender masculine nominative singular
- zunehmende feminine nominative singular
- zunehmendes neuter nominative singular
- zunehmenden genitive masculine singular
- zunehmendem dative masculine singular
- der zunehmende definite includes-article masculine
- die zunehmende definite feminine includes-article
- das zunehmende definite includes-article neuter
- die zunehmenden definite includes-article nominative
- des zunehmenden definite genitive includes-article
- der zunehmenden definite feminine genitive
- dem zunehmenden dative definite includes-article
- den zunehmenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zunehmend?
- [ˈt͡suːneːmənt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zunehmend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zunehmend in German?
zunehmend appears 28 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).