verdiepen

Dutch

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

verdiepen

(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.
(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 of verdiepen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive	verdiepen
past singular	verdiepte
past participle	verdiept
infinitive	verdiepen
gerund	verdiepen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	verdiep	verdiepte
2nd person sing. (jij)	verdiept	verdiepte
2nd person sing. (u)	verdiept	verdiepte
2nd person sing. (gij)	verdiept	verdiepte
3rd person singular	verdiept	verdiepte
plural	verdiepen	verdiepten

subjunctive sing.¹	verdiepe	verdiepte
subjunctive plur.¹	verdiepen	verdiepten

imperative sing.	verdiep
imperative plur.¹	verdiept

participles	verdiepend	verdiept
¹⁾ Archaic.

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