verdieping
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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch verdieping, from Middle Dutch verdiepinge. Equivalent to verdiep + -ing.
Pronunciation
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Noun
verdieping (plural verdiepings or verdiepinge (dated))
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch verdiepinge. By surface analysis, verdiepen + -ing. Compare German Vertiefung, Swedish fördjupning.
The sense “storey” derives from a late-medieval practice of gaining an additional storey by lowering the floor of a house’s attic and/or putting the ground floor below ground level.
Pronunciation
Noun
verdieping f (plural verdiepingen, diminutive verdiepinkje n)
- (chiefly uncountable) deepening
- (countable) floor, storey
Usage notes
- In the Dutch-speaking countries, eerste verdieping is the first floor above ground level (as in British usage). The ground floor is called begane grond. Until the seventeenth century, eerste verdieping could have both senses.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: verdieping
- → Caribbean Javanese: perdiping