Wachstum

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wahstuom, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wahstmaz (“growth”). By surface analysis, wachsen +‎ -tum. Cognate with Old English wæstm (“growth, increase, produce, fruit”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvakstuːm/
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Hyphenation: Wachs‧tum

Noun

Wachstum n (strong, genitive Wachstumes or Wachstums, no plural)

growth

Declension

Declension of Wachstum [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Wachstum
genitive	eines	des	Wachstumes, Wachstums
dative	einem	dem	Wachstum, Wachstume¹
accusative	ein	das	Wachstum

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Further reading

“Wachstum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Wachstum” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Wachstum” in Duden online
Wachstum on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
“Wachstum”, in PONS (in German), Stuttgart: PONS GmbH, 2001–2024

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