verfünffachen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛʁˈfʏnffaxən/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧fünf‧fa‧chen

Verb

verfünffachen (weak, third-person singular present verfünffacht, past tense verfünffachte, past participle verfünffacht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to quintuplicate, to quintuple, to multiply by five
  2. (reflexive) to increase fivefold (to become five times as large)
    Die Bevölkerung hat sich inzwischen verfünffacht.
    Meanwhile the population has increased fivefold.

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