diepe

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

diepe

1. inflection of diep:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Old English

Alternative forms

• dēpe, dēope, dīpe, dȳpe

Etymology

An alternation of *dīepu, from Proto-West Germanic *diupī, from Proto-Germanic *diupį̄.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi͜yː.pe/

Noun

dīepe f

1. the deep
2. depth
3. the sea

Declension

Weak n-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	dīepe	dīepan
accusative	dīepan	dīepan
genitive	dīepan	dīepena
dative	dīepan	dīepum

Synonyms

• æfgrynde m
• botm m
• dēopnes f
• *dīepþu f
• neowelnes f
• sǣgrund m
• wætergrund m

Related terms

• dēop
• dēoplīċ
• dēoplīċe
• dēopnes

Descendants

• Middle English: depe, deope (Southern), deip, deipe (Early Scots)
  • English: deep
  • Middle Scots: deip
    • Scots: deep

Further reading

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “DȲPE”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (in Old English), second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “DĪPE”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (in Old English), second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.