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Gewachsen

Gewachsen is the past participle of the German verb wachsen (to grow). It conveys the sense that something has grown or developed and is used in both verbal tenses and adjectival senses. The form also appears in compounds and fixed expressions.

As part of verb tense, gewachsen appears with the auxiliary sein to form perfect tenses for intransitive

As an adjective or in compounds, gewachsen by itself is relatively rare; more common are well-established compounds:

Etymology: gewachsen is formed from wachsen with the ge- prefix used to form past participles in German;

See also: wachsen; Wachstum; aufwachsen; heranwachsen.

growth:
Die
Pflanze
ist
gewachsen.
The
same
construction
can
denote
physical
or
numerical
growth:
Die
Bevölkerung
ist
stark
gewachsen
in
den
letzten
Jahrzehnten.
wohlgewachsen
(well-grown,
tall
for
age)
and
herangewachsen
(having
grown
up).
A
typical
example:
Ein
wohlgewachsenes
Kind;
Er
ist
zu
einem
Mann
herangewachsen.
In
this
sense,
gewachsen
also
appears
in
phrases
about
maturity
and
development.
it
shares
semantic
territory
with
related
terms
like
aufwachsen
(to
grow
up)
and
heranwachsen
(to
come
of
age).