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zuwachsen

German, verb

zuwachsen is spelled Z-U-W-A-C-H-S-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 159,136th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zuwachsen is a German verb meaning “of a wound, to close through natural regeneration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Zuwächsen is a different word: “dative plural of Zuwachs”. With a capital, Zuwachsen is a different word: “gerund of zuwachsen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich mit Pflanzen bedecken/zuwuchern”.

What does zuwachsen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    of a wound, to close through natural regeneration

  2. 2

    of become overgrown

  3. 3

    to grow in a specific direction

  4. 4

    to (involuntarily, haphazardly) happen to become the responsibility (of someone)

    Uns sind neue Aufgaben zugewachsen.

noun

as Zuwächsen
  1. 1

    masculinedative plural of Zuwachs

noun

as Zuwachsen
  1. 1

    neutergerund of zuwachsen

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

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. sich mit Pflanzen bedecken/zuwuchern 2. sich durch neues, nachwachsendes Gewebe schließen 3. jemandem (auch ungeplant, ungewollt, im Laufe der Zeit) übergeben werden/klar werden 4. im Wachstum eine Richtung auf etwas hin/zu einschlagen

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 zuwachsen

  • wächst zu present singular third-person
  • wuchs zu past
  • zugewachsen participle past
  • wüchse zu past subjunctive
  • sein auxiliary
  • 6 strong
  • zuwachsend participle present
  • zuzuwachsen infinitive infinitive-zu
  • wachse zu first-person indicative present
  • wachsen zu first-person indicative plural
  • wachst zu indicative plural present
  • wachsest zu second-person singular subjunctive
  • wachset zu plural second-person subjunctive
  • wuchsen zu first-person indicative plural
  • wüchsen zu first-person formal plural
  • wuchsest zu indicative preterite second-person
  • wuchst zu indicative preterite second-person
  • wüchsest zu formal rare second-person

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

How common is zuwachsen in German?

zuwachsen appears about once in every 9 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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