driedubbele

Driedubbele is a Dutch adjective meaning threefold or triple. It is used to express that something is three times as much or as large as another thing. In everyday Dutch, driedubbele is most often placed directly before a noun as a qualifying modifier, and its form can vary with definiteness; for example before a noun it commonly appears as driedubbele, while some spellings or hyphenations may occur in older or more formal texts.

Etymology and variants: The word is a compound of drie (three) and dubbel (double). It shares a family with related forms such as driedubbel and drievoudig, all signaling multiplicative degree. Spelling can vary in historical or regional usage, with hyphenated versions occasionally seen in text, though driedubbele remains the standard attributive form in contemporary Dutch.

Usage and context: Driedubbele is widely used in culinary, marketing, and production contexts to emphasize increased quantity, strength, or scale. In English, its equivalent is typically "threefold" or "triple." While it is understood in formal writing, it is more common in descriptive or promotional language than in technical specifications, where more precise measurements or terms may be preferred. It is distinct from purely numerical or mathematical terminology, which would use explicit multiples or threefold expressions such as "drie keer zo veel" in colloquial speech.

See also: dubbel, drie, drievoudig, driedubbelheid. The term is Dutch in origin and is generally used within Dutch-language contexts to convey the sense of a threefold increase or size.