wuchern
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Verb
[edit]wuchern (weak, third-person singular present wuchert, past tense wucherte, past participle gewuchert, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to practise usury; to usure
- (intransitive) to make profitable use (usually in a non-financial sense) [with mit (+ dative) ‘of something’]
- (intransitive, of plants) to overgrow
- (intransitive, of cancer) to develop metastases
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | wuchern | ||||
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present participle | wuchernd | ||||
past participle | gewuchert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich wuchre ich wuchere ich wucher |
wir wuchern | i | ich wuchere ich wuchre |
wir wuchern |
du wucherst | ihr wuchert | du wucherest du wuchrest |
ihr wucheret ihr wuchret | ||
er wuchert | sie wuchern | er wuchere er wuchre |
sie wuchern | ||
preterite | ich wucherte | wir wucherten | ii | ich wucherte1 | wir wucherten1 |
du wuchertest | ihr wuchertet | du wuchertest1 | ihr wuchertet1 | ||
er wucherte | sie wucherten | er wucherte1 | sie wucherten1 | ||
imperative | wuchre (du) wucher (du) wuchere (du) |
wuchert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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