Skip to content

verwachsen

overgrown, entangled (of plants)

adjective fer-VAK-sen Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Conditions

Also means

grown together, fused

Usage Note

Verwachsen describes vegetation that has grown into a tangled, dense mass, or two structures that have grown together. A verwachsener Garten (overgrown garden). In medicine, verwachsene Strukturen means tissues that have fused where they should be separate.

Examples

"Der verwachsene Heckenweg war kaum noch passierbar."

Natural Translation

The overgrown hedge path was barely passable any more.

Literal Translation

The overgrown hedge path was barely passable anymore.

Explore German by topic