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GERMAN VERB

wachsen

to grow

  • #254 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: gewachsen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I grow
  2. du you grow
  3. er, sie, es he/she grows
  4. wir we grow
  5. ihr you all grow
  6. sie, Sie they grow

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I grew
  2. du you grew
  3. er, sie, es he/she grew
  4. wir we grew
  5. ihr you all grew
  6. sie, Sie they grew

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have grown
  2. du you have grown
  3. er, sie, es he/she has grown
  4. wir we have grown
  5. ihr you all have grown
  6. sie, Sie they have grown

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will grow
  2. du you will grow
  3. er, sie, es he/she will grow
  4. wir we will grow
  5. ihr you all will grow
  6. sie, Sie they will grow

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would grow
  2. du you would grow
  3. er, sie, es he/she would grow
  4. wir we would grow
  5. ihr you all would grow
  6. sie, Sie they would grow

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du grow!
  2. ihr grow! (all of you)
  3. Sie grow! (formal)

How to use wachsen

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Die Kinder wachsen so schnell.

    The children grow so fast.

  2. Simple past

    Hinter dem Haus wuchs ein alter Apfelbaum.

    Behind the house grew an old apple tree.

  3. Perfect

    Du bist seit dem Sommer ganz schön gewachsen!

    You've grown quite a bit since the summer!

  4. Future

    Die Stadt wird in den nächsten Jahren weiter wachsen.

    The town will keep growing in the coming years.

  5. Conditional

    Mit mehr Sonne würden die Tomaten besser wachsen.

    With more sun the tomatoes would grow better.

  6. Imperative

    Wachs schnell, kleiner Baum!

    Grow fast, little tree!

Good to know

  • Wachsen is growing by itself, children, plants, a town; growing vegetables is "anbauen".

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