No. 3,847 in Dutch
verdubbelen
To double.
In a sentence
Ik wil het bedrag verdubbelen door verstandig te investeren.
I want to double the amount by investing wisely.
Here, 'verdubbelen' is used as a verb that describes the action of doubling an amount or value.
Zijn inspanning heeft zijn productiviteit verdubbeld.
His effort has doubled his productivity.
In this sentence, 'verdubbelen' is used to demonstrate how an action (effort) increases something (productivity) to twice its original amount.
We zagen een verdubbeling van de bezoekersaantallen afgelopen jaar.
We saw a doubling of the visitor numbers last year.
Here, the noun 'verdubbeling' derived from the verb 'verdubbelen' is used to describe the concept or result of doubling in a contextual manner.
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