verdiepen

Dutch

Etymology

From ver- + diepen, or diep + ver- -en.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ipən

Verb

verdiepen

  1. (transitive) to deepen
    Het kanaal zal verdiept moeten worden om vrachtschepen door te kunnen laten.
    The canal will have to be deepened to allow cargo ships to pass through.
  2. (reflexive, verdiepen in) to study more thoroughly, to devote oneself (mentally) to
    Ik verdiepte mij de afgelopen jaren in de geschiedenis van mijn geboortedorp.
    During the last few years I devoted myself to studying the history of my native village.

Inflection

Inflection of verdiepen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive verdiepen
past singular verdiepte
past participle verdiept
infinitive verdiepen
gerund verdiepen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular verdiepverdiepte
2nd person sing. (jij) verdieptverdiepte
2nd person sing. (u) verdieptverdiepte
2nd person sing. (gij) verdieptverdiepte
3rd person singular verdieptverdiepte
plural verdiepenverdiepten
subjunctive sing.1 verdiepeverdiepte
subjunctive plur.1 verdiepenverdiepten
imperative sing. verdiep
imperative plur.1 verdiept
participles verdiependverdiept
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

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