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German

Etymology

From Middle High German wuochern, from Old High German wuohharōn, derived from wuohhar (harvest, revenue), whence modern German Wucher (usury). Compare Dutch woekeren (to practise usury; to overgrow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvuːxɐn/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Verb

wuchern (weak, third-person singular present wuchert, past tense wucherte, past participle gewuchert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to practise usury; to usure
  2. (intransitive) to make profitable use (usually in a non-financial sense) [with mit (+ dative) ‘of something’]
  3. (intransitive, of plants) to overgrow
  4. (intransitive, of cancer) to develop metastases

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Further reading

  • wuchern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • wuchern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • wuchern” in Duden online
  • wuchern” in OpenThesaurus.de
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