verdiepen

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Dutch

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

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

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ipən

Verb

[edit]

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.

Conjugation

[edit]
Conjugation 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, verdiep2 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. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

[edit]