verdrinken

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (ergative) to drown (to (cause to) die of suffocation while submerged)
2. (ergative) to drown (to submerge completely in liquid)
3. (figuratively, intransitive) to drown, drown out (to seemingly disappear in a mass)
4. (transitive) to spend on drinking alcoholic drinks
5. (figuratively, transitive) to drown (one's sorrow by consuming alcohol)

Sinonieme

verzuipen

verloren gaan

vergaan

doen verdwijnen

onderdompelen

verbrassen

ondergaan

doen zinken

zinken

zich verdrinken

overspoelen

Vertalings

drown

ertrinken

noyer

ahogarse

affogare

ersaufen

ertränken

annegare

afogar-se

se noyer

πνίγομαι

annegarsi

πνίγω

ersäufen

غرق

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/vɛrˈdriŋ.kə(n)/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: verdrinken

In summary

From Middle Dutch verdrinken. Equivalent to ver- + drinken (“drink”).