"Wuchs" meaning in German

See Wuchs in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /vuːks/ [standard], /vʊks/ (note: regional variant, including parts of western Germany) Audio: De-Wuchs.ogg
Etymology: Deverbal from wachsen (“to grow”), past tense wuchs, by analogy with similar ablaut formations; from the 18th century. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|de|wachsen||to grow}} Deverbal from wachsen (“to grow”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,^e}} Wuchs m (strong, genitive Wuchses, plural Wüchse) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,^e}} Forms: Wuchses [genitive], Wüchse [plural], strong [table-tags], Wuchs [nominative, singular], Wüchse [definite, nominative, plural], Wuchses [genitive, singular], Wüchse [definite, genitive, plural], Wuchs [dative, singular], Wuchse [dative, singular], Wüchsen [dative, definite, plural], Wuchs [accusative, singular], Wüchse [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. growth; growing Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Wuchs-de-noun-KiVGCZti Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37
  2. form; shape; build (the way something has grown) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Wuchs-de-noun-0V7fJT8I Categories (other): German deverbals Disambiguation of German deverbals: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Bewuchs, halbwüchsig, Minderwuchs, Misswuchs, urwüchsig, wüchsig Related terms: Wuchsbremse, Wuchskraft, Wuchsrichtung, Wuchsstoff, Wuchsverhalten
Hyponyms: Anwuchs, Aufwuchs, Auswuchs, Bartwuchs, Großwuchs, Haarwuchs, Hochwuchs, Kleinwuchs, Pflanzenwuchs, Riesenwuchs, Unterwuchs, Wildwuchs, Zwergwuchs

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Bewuchs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "halbwüchsig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Minderwuchs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Misswuchs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "urwüchsig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wüchsig"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "deverbal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from wachsen (“to grow”), past tense wuchs, by analogy with similar ablaut formations; from the 18th century.",
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    {
      "form": "Wuchses",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wüchse",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wuchs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wüchse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wuchses",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wüchse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wuchs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wuchse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wüchsen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wuchs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Anwuchs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Aufwuchs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Auswuchs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Bartwuchs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Großwuchs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Haarwuchs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Hochwuchs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Kleinwuchs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Pflanzenwuchs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Riesenwuchs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Unterwuchs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Wildwuchs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Zwergwuchs"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Wuchsbremse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Wuchskraft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Wuchsrichtung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Wuchsstoff"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Wuchsverhalten"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "growth; growing"
      ],
      "id": "en-Wuchs-de-noun-KiVGCZti",
      "links": [
        [
          "growth",
          "growth"
        ],
        [
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          "growing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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      ],
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          "form"
        ],
        [
          "shape",
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        ],
        [
          "build",
          "build"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vʊks/",
      "note": "regional variant, including parts of western Germany"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "wuchs"
    },
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    }
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    "German nouns",
    "German terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "Bewuchs"
    },
    {
      "word": "halbwüchsig"
    },
    {
      "word": "Minderwuchs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Misswuchs"
    },
    {
      "word": "urwüchsig"
    },
    {
      "word": "wüchsig"
    }
  ],
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      },
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  ],
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wüchse",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "Wuchs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Wüchse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wuchses",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wuchs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wuchse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wüchsen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wuchs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wüchse",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "Anwuchs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Aufwuchs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Auswuchs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bartwuchs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Großwuchs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Haarwuchs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hochwuchs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kleinwuchs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Pflanzenwuchs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Riesenwuchs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Unterwuchs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wildwuchs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zwergwuchs"
    }
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Wuchsbremse"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wuchskraft"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wuchsrichtung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wuchsstoff"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wuchsverhalten"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "growth; growing"
      ],
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      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
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          "form",
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
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    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vʊks/",
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "wuchs"
    },
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      "audio": "De-Wuchs.ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Wuchs"
}

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