büyüdüm

Büyüdüm is a Turkish verb form that functions as the first-person singular simple past tense of büyümek, meaning to grow up or to grow. It can refer to physical growth, such as getting taller, or to personal maturation and development.

In Turkish grammar, büyüdüm is built from the stem büyü- with the past tense suffix -dü, followed by the first-person singular possessive suffix -m, resulting in büyüdüm. Turkish uses subject omission frequently, so büyüdüm can stand alone as a complete sentence meaning “I grew up.”

The phrase is versatile in use. It can express literal growth in size, such as age-related changes, or figurative growth, such as gaining experience or maturing emotionally. It appears in personal statements, narratives, and literary contexts to reflect a transition from childhood to adulthood or to contrast past and present states.

Related words include büyümek (the infinitive, “to grow up” or “to grow”), büyüme (growth), büyütmek (to enlarge), and büyüklük (size or magnitude). While büyüdüm conveys a completed past action, Turkish also uses other tense forms of büyümek to describe ongoing or habitual growth.

See also: büyümek, büyüme, büyütmek, büyüklük.