German adjective · CEFR B2
wachsenden
Meaning in English: growing
This is a form of wachsend, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Mit der wachsenden Familie wurde die Wohnung zu klein.
With the growing family, the flat became too small.
How common is wachsenden?
wachsenden is number 4,890 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 16 times per million words — about once every 62,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Related words in the list
wachsenden is built from wachsen (grow).
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,886die Anordnungorder, instruction; arrangement
- 4,887Rettungskräfterescue workers, emergency services
- 4,888gezwungenforced
- 4,889die Beachtungattention, observance
- 4,890wachsendengrowing
- 4,891zeigeshow (1st person; imperative)
- 4,892thematisiertaddressed, made a topic
- 4,893das Gesundheitsamtpublic health office
- 4,894verschwundendisappeared, vanished
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,890
- The most common German adjectives#913
- German B2 vocabulary#1,205
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