erwachsen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German erwachsen, from Old High German irwahsan, urwahsan. Equivalent to er- +‎ wachsen. === Pronunciation === === Verb === erwachsen (class 6 strong, third-person singular present erwächst, past tense erwuchs, past participle erwachsen, past subjunctive erwüchse, auxiliary sein) (intransitive) to grow up, to grow to spring up, to spring from, to proceed from to accrue to grow out of to arise (difficulties, tasks) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== entstehen === Participle === erwachsen past participle of erwachsen === Adjective === erwachsen (strong nominative masculine singular erwachsener, not comparable) adult, grown-up, grown, full-grown Synonyms: ausgewachsen, groß, herangewachsen erwachsen sein ― to be grown up ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Erwachsener m, Erwachsene f, Erwachsenes n === Further reading === “erwachsen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “erwachsen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “erwachsen” in Duden online “erwachsen” in OpenThesaurus.de