rüberwachsen
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]rüber (“over”) + wachsen (“to grow”).
Verb
[edit]rüberwachsen (class 6 strong, third-person singular present wächst rüber, past tense wuchs rüber, past participle rübergewachsen, auxiliary sein)
- (colloquial) to grow over, grow in some direction
- Synonyms: (formal) herüberwachsen, hinüberwachsen
- Der Busch ist hier von der Nachbarseite rübergewachsen.
- The shrub has grown over here from the neighbours' side.
- (slang) to be handed over; (usually with lassen) to give, hand over
- Geil, Erdnüsse! Lass ma' rüberwachsen!
- Great, peanuts! Give us some of those!
- (literally, “... have [them] grow over [here]!”)