verdieping
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Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch verdieping, from Middle Dutch verdiepinge. Equivalent to verdiep + -ing.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
verdieping (plural verdiepings or verdiepinge (dated))
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch verdiepinge. Equivalent to verdiepen + -ing.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
verdieping f (plural verdiepingen, diminutive verdiepinkje n)
- (chiefly uncountable) deepening
- (countable) floor, storey
Usage notes[edit]
In the Dutch-speaking countries, the first floor is the floor one level above ground level. The ground floor is called begane grond. Until the seventeenth century eerste verdieping could mean both “ground floor” and “first floor”.
Synonyms[edit]
- (floor): etage
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: verdieping
- → Caribbean Javanese: perdiping
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