verwachsen

== German == === Etymology === From ver- +‎ wachsen. Compare archaic Dutch verwassen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fərˈvaksən/, /fɛr-/, [fɐˈva.ksn̩], [fɛɐ̯-], [-ˈvak.sn̩], [-ˈʋa-], [-ksən] Hyphenation: ver‧wach‧sen === Verb === verwachsen (class 6 strong, third-person singular present verwächst, past tense verwuchs, past participle verwachsen, past subjunctive verwüchse, auxiliary sein or haben) (of vegetation, areas) to overgrow, become overgrown Synonym: zuwachsen to grow together, become one, unite [(often with a reflexive pronoun) with mit (+ dative) ‘with someone/something’] Synonym: zusammenwachsen (of wounds, fractures) to heal, grow back together Synonyms: heilen, verheilen, zuwachsen, zusammenwachsen (reflexive) to become normalised, balanced through growth (as of childhood defects, wrong proportions during puberty) Synonyms: herauswachsen, sich ausgleichen (transitive, dated or regional) to grow out of Synonym: herauswachsen aus ==== Usage notes ==== The perfect auxiliary is haben in reflexive and transitive use, otherwise sein. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verwachsen, Verwachsung verwachsend, verwachsen === Further reading === “verwachsen” in Duden online “verwachsen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)