verdrinken

Meaning

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)

Concepts

drown

drink

🥤

drink away

drowning

guzzle

drownd

Synonyms

verzuipen

verloren gaan

vergaan

doen verdwijnen

onderdompelen

verbrassen

ondergaan

doen zinken

zinken

zich verdrinken

overspoelen

Translations

ertrinken

noyer

ahogarse

ersaufen

affogare

ertränken

annegare

afogar-se

se noyer

πνίγομαι

annegarsi

ersäufen

πνίγω

غرق

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɛrˈdriŋ.kə(n)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: verdrinken

In summary

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