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vergrößern: enlarge — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

Dictionaryvergrößern

Quality-approved learning entryVerbLevel B1

vergrößern

enlarge

to make something larger, increase its size or extent, or magnify it

IPA/fɛɐ̯ˈɡʁøːsɐn/

The main stress follows standard German pronunciation.

Meaning 1neutral · 87%

to make something larger, increase its size or extent, or magnify it

Kannst du das Foto vergrößern, damit man das Schild lesen kann?

Mit dieser Taste können Sie die Schrift vergrößern.

Die Firma möchte den Besprechungsraum um zehn Quadratmeter vergrößern.

Use vergrößern for making something larger. erhöhen is better for many numerical values such as prices, taxes, or speed.

Use vergrößern for a photo, font, room, area, or other size/extent.

Choose one answer.

Which object can naturally be vergrößert?

vergrößern is transitive; sich vergrößern is also common when something becomes larger. The entry keeps the transitive pattern in the grammar field.