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Verb
boomen (weak, third-person singular present boomt, past tense boomte, past participle geboomt, auxiliary haben)
- to boom
- 2010, Der Spiegel, number 29/2010, page 99:
- Während die Airlines gegen Verluste kämpfen, boomt die Abwrackbranche. Der wirtschaftliche Druck lässt die Fluglinien immer früher Modelle ausmustern, die nicht mehr effizient genug sind.
- While the airlines fight against losses, the demolition industry booms. The economic pressure makes airlines sort out models, which are not efficient enough anymore, earlier and earlier.
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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