mehren

German

Etymology

mehr + -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meːʁən/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: Meeren
  • Rhymes: -eːʀən

Verb

mehren (weak, third-person singular present mehrt, past tense mehrte, past participle gemehrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to increase
  2. (reflexive) to increase
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, number 45/2010, page 90:
      Drei Jahre nach Ausbruch der Finanzkrise mehren sich die Spannungen zwischen den Industrienationen, der freie Welthandel gerät unter Druck.
      Three years after the outbreak of the financial crisis, the tensions between the industrial nations are increasing, the free world trade is coming under pressure.

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Further reading

  • mehren” in Duden online
  • mehren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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