Polyglot Dictionary

Zunahme

/ˈtsuːˌnaːmə/

die noun C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Zunahmen

Meaning

  1. increase

    • Es gibt eine Zunahme der Unfälle.

      There is an increase in accidents.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Erhöhung

Zunahme is an increase or growth, often describing a general trend, like a population increase; Erhöhung is a raise or increase, often deliberate, like a price increase or salary raise.

Similar in other languages

English

addition

Close — an increase relates to an addition.

Practice

1 What does Zunahme mean?

2 Fill the gap: Es gibt eine ___ der Unfälle.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Zunahme?

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