No. 2,026 in Dutch
deugen
To be good, proper, or acceptable.
In a sentence
Hij deugt als mens.
He is a good person.
In this sentence, 'deugen' indicates someone having a good or morally upright character.
Het plan deugt niet.
The plan is not suitable.
Here, 'deugen' is utilized to express suitability or adequacy of something, denying it with 'niet'.
Als je werk niet deugt, krijg je geen opslag.
If your work is not satisfactory, you won't get a raise.
In this example, 'deugen' pertains to the quality or satisfactoriness of the work.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “deugen” in actual Dutch podcasts.
Find “deugen” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Dutch podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into Nederlands, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Dutch books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).