versechsfachen

German

Etymology

ver- + sechsfach + -en. See ver- -fachen for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈzɛksfaxən/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧sechs‧fa‧chen

Verb

versechsfachen (third-person singular simple present versechsfacht, past tense versechsfachte, past participle versechsfacht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to sextuple, to hextuple, to sextuplicate, to multiply by six
  2. (reflexive) to increase sixfold (to become six times as large)
    Die Bevölkerung hat sich inzwischen versechsfacht.
    Meanwhile the population has increased sixfold.

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