Polyglot Dictionary

Wachstum

/ˈvakstuːm/

das noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. growth

    Built from wachsen (to grow) + -tum (-th).

    • Das Wachstum ist langsam.

      Growth is slow.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • wachsen to grow
  • -tum -th

Similar words

zuwachs

Zuwachs is more about an increase or addition; Wachstum is more general, the growth process.

Similar in other languages

French

croissance

croissance is the French word for the same thing — both mean "growth."

Portuguese

crescimento

crescimento is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "growth."

Practice

1 What does Wachstum mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ___ ist langsam.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Wachstum?

nouncompound

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