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German
Etymology
mehr + -en
Pronunciation
Verb
mehren (weak, third-person singular present mehrt, past tense mehrte, past participle gemehrt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to increase
- (reflexive) to increase
2010, Der Spiegel, number 45/2010, page 90:Drei Jahre nach Ausbruch der Finanzkrise mehren sich die Spannungen zwischen den Industrienationen, der freie Welthandel gerät unter Druck.- Three years after the outbreak of the financial crisis, the tensions between the industrial nations are increasing, the free world trade is coming under pressure.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
mehren (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
mehren (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Antonyms
Further reading
- “mehren” in Duden online
- “mehren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache