diep

Adj

1. deep, down low
2. profound
3. intense

Noun

1. (neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable) the deep, profound part of a body of water
2. (neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable) a canal

Opposite of

ondiep

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dip/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: diep

Inherited from Old Dutch: *diop

Cognate with Low German: deep

Cognate with Western Frisian: djip

Cognate with English: deep

Cognate with German: tief

Cognate with Danish: dyb

Cognate with Norwegian: dyp

In summary

From Middle Dutch diep, from Old Dutch diep, from Proto-West Germanic *deup, from Proto-Germanic *deupaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb-.
Compare Low German diep, deep, West Frisian djip, English deep, German tief, Danish dyb, Norwegian dyp.

Concepts

deep

profound

deeply

low-pitched

abstruse

lowly

meaningfully

overmastering

profoundly

sound

🔉

whole-hearted

abysmally

grave

🪦

kowtow

low

Synonyms

diepgaand

grondig

lang

onmetelijk

ver

zich

buigen

zwaar

Translations

tief

profond

profundo

profondo

profundo

głęboki

βαθύς

profund

fundo

derin

profundus

عميق

hondo

entranhado

głęboko

Sentences

U zou zich diep moeten schamen .

You should be thoroughly ashamed.

De moord die daar is begaan was een diep verwerpelijke, afschuwelijke daad .

The murder that occurred there was a profoundly condemnable, abhorrent act.