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zunehmend

increasing

adjective TSOO-nay-ment Less Common
Descriptions & Qualities Degree

Also means

growing

Usage Note

zunehmend is the present participle of zunehmen (to increase, also to gain weight) and is frequently used adverbially: zunehmend schwierig means 'increasingly difficult'. The matching waxing moon is der zunehmende Mond.

Examples

"Die Probleme werden zunehmend größer."

Natural Translation

The problems are becoming increasingly bigger.

Literal Translation

The problems become increasingly bigger.

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