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German
Circumfix
ver- -fachen
- used with numerals to create verbs that express multiplication
- vier (“four”) + ver- -fachen → vervierfachen (“to multiply by four, to quadruple”)
- zwanzig (“twenty”) + ver- -fachen → verzwanzigfachen (“to multiply by twenty”)
- hunderttausend (“a hundred thousand”) + ver- -fachen → verhunderttausendfachen (“to multiply by a hundred thousand”)
Usage notes
- In speech, there are no limits to the use of this circumfix. In writing, particularly long forms, such as versiebenhundertneunundachtzigfachen (“to multiply by 789”), will be avoided.
- With Million (“million”) and Milliarde (“billion”), the circumfix is added to the plural form (vermillionenfachen; vermilliardenfachen).