verdoppeln
Verdoppeln is a German verb meaning to double or to cause something to become two times as large or as many. It can be used transitively, as in den Betrag verdoppeln (to double the amount), or intransitively with the reflexive form sich verdoppeln, meaning that something increases to twice its previous value, for example sich verdoppeln (the population has doubled).
Etymology and form: das Verb verdoppeln is formed from the stem doppeln with the prefix ver-, indicating
Usage and contexts: Verdoppeln is common in mathematics, finance, demographics and business prose. Examples include: den
Alternative terms: in technical oder informeller Sprache wird auch Duplizieren (englisch: duplicate) verwendet, insbesondere inComputing- oder