German word

anwachsen

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈanˌvaksən/

Meaning

  • verbgrow

Example

Die Nachfrage nach dem Produkt wächst seit Monaten an.

Demand for the product has been growing for months.

Illustration for anwachsen (grow)

More examples

Die Ausgaben für Forschung sind in den letzten Jahren angewachsen.

Research spending has grown over the past few years.

Core concept

A total or value steadily builds upward, like a graph line climbing.

Common phrases

  • kontinuierlich anwachsen

    increase continuously

  • auf das Dreifache anwachsen

    increase threefold

  • Arbeitslosigkeit anwachsen

    unemployment to grow

Similar words

zunehmen: Increase gradually in amount or number over time.
steigen: Move upward to a higher value or degree.
ansteigen: Show an upward increase in value or number.
wachsen: Develop greater size or scale, especially in living things or undertakings.

Definition in German

Anwachsen beschreibt das sukzessive Größerwerden einer Gesamtheit oder eines Werts; Gebrauch häufig in sachlichem Kontext.

Word origin

Anwachsen combines the separable prefix an- with inherited Germanic wachsen, 'to grow', and the combination developed the sense of growing larger or increasing.

Usage tips

  • Anwachsen is separable, so a main clause has forms such as Die Nachfrage wächst an, while the infinitive and participle are anwachsen and angewachsen.

Other meanings

  • expandverb
  • swellverb

Opposites

Related words

  • Anwachsengrowthnoun
  • angewachsengrownadjective

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