B1 verb Neutral

augmenter

/oɡ.mɑ̃.te/

To make something greater in size, amount, or degree. It is a fundamental verb used in academic contexts to describe rising trends in graphs or data.

Beispiele

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1

Le prix du pain va augmenter demain.

The price of bread is going to increase tomorrow.

2

Nous devons augmenter notre productivité pour rester compétitifs.

We must increase our productivity to remain competitive.

3

Tu devrais augmenter le son, je n'entends rien.

You should turn up the sound, I can't hear anything.

Wortfamilie

Nomen
augmentation
Verb
augmenter
Adjektiv
augmentable
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Merkhilfe

Think of the English word 'augment', which means to make something better or larger.

Schnelles Quiz

Le gouvernement a décidé d'____ le salaire minimum.

Richtig!

Die richtige Antwort ist: augmenter

Beispiele

1

Le prix du pain va augmenter demain.

everyday

The price of bread is going to increase tomorrow.

2

Nous devons augmenter notre productivité pour rester compétitifs.

business

We must increase our productivity to remain competitive.

3

Tu devrais augmenter le son, je n'entends rien.

informal

You should turn up the sound, I can't hear anything.

4

Les données indiquent que la température globale va augmenter.

academic

The data indicates that the global temperature will increase.

5

Veuillez augmenter le budget alloué à la recherche.

formal

Please increase the budget allocated to research.

Wortfamilie

Nomen
augmentation
Verb
augmenter
Adjektiv
augmentable

Häufige Kollokationen

augmenter les prix to raise prices
augmenter considérablement to increase significantly
augmenter de volume to increase in volume
augmenter le salaire to raise the salary
augmenter la cadence to pick up the pace

Häufige Phrasen

en augmentant

by increasing

ne cesse d'augmenter

keeps on increasing

faire augmenter

to cause to increase

Wird oft verwechselt mit

augmenter vs grandir

Grandir is usually for living things growing in size, whereas augmenter is for amounts or levels.

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Nutzungshinweise

Use 'augmenter de' followed by a percentage or amount to specify the change.

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Häufige Fehler

Learners often forget the 'de' when specifying the amount of increase.

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Merkhilfe

Think of the English word 'augment', which means to make something better or larger.

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Wortherkunft

From Latin 'augmentare', meaning to increase.

Grammatikmuster

augmenter + noun augmenter de + [percentage/amount]

Schnelles Quiz

Le gouvernement a décidé d'____ le salaire minimum.

Richtig!

Die richtige Antwort ist: augmenter

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