überwachsen

• IPA^(key): /yːbɐˈvaxsən/, [ʔyːbɐˈvaksn̩]

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• Hyphenation: über‧wach‧sen

From über- +‎ wachsen.

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1. to overgrow

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• Überwachsen, Überwachsung

überwachsen

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überwachsen (strong nominative masculine singular überwachsener, comparative (extremely rare) überwachsener, superlative (extremely rare) am überwachsensten)

1. overgrown
   • 1921, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Trommel, in Weberin Schuld, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 7:

     Die Pfade des Gartens waren überwachsen, Rasen und Beete zu einem Feld blühenden Unkrauts geworden.

     The paths of the garden were overgrown, lawns and beds had become a field of blooming weeds.

• The comparative and superlative forms are exceedingly rare, but are attested.

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