vervierfachen

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German

Etymology

ver- +‎ vierfach +‎ -en

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  • Hyphenation: ver‧vier‧fa‧chen
  • (file)

Verb

vervierfachen (weak, third-person singular present vervierfacht, past tense vervierfachte, past participle vervierfacht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to quadruple, to quadruplicate, to multiply by four
  2. (reflexive) to increase fourfold (to become four times as large)
    Die Bevölkerung hat sich inzwischen vervierfacht.
    Meanwhile the population has increased fourfold.

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