Vergrote

Vergrote is a Dutch term meaning enlarged or magnified. It is derived from the verb vergroten, which means to enlarge or magnify. In common use, vergrote functions as an attributive adjective describing something that has been enlarged, such as an image, map, or document.

In practice, vergrote appears in phrases like een vergrote foto (an enlarged photo) or de vergrote kaart (the enlarged map). The form is used to describe the noun it accompanies and agrees in number and gender with that noun. After definite articles, the adjective typically carries an -e ending, as in de vergrote afbeelding. The indefinite singular form is also possible in everyday language, but the exact inflection follows standard Dutch adjective agreement rules.

Vergrote contrasts with vergroot, the past participle of vergroten used as a predicate adjective or in compound tenses, and with the noun vergroting, which denotes the process or result of enlargement. While vergrote emphasizes the state of having been enlarged, vergroting refers more to the act or outcome of magnification.

Etymologically, vergrote combines the prefix ver- (indicating a change or intensification) with groot (big), and the participial or adjectival form -te to align with Dutch grammar. The term is common in contexts such as photography, printing, and cartography, where enlarged representations are routinely discussed or labeled. See also vergroting, vergroten, verkleinen.