immerger

Immerger is a French verb meaning to immerse, submerge, or envelop in something, either physically by placing an object completely under a liquid or figuratively by surrounding someone or oneself with a situation or field of activity. It can describe dipping an item into water or another liquid, as well as engaging deeply with a subject or experience. The reflexive form s’immerger is commonly used to express immersion in activities, environments, or ideas, such as s’immerger dans un livre or s’immerger dans un sujet.

Etymology and usage context: The term derives from Latin immergere, formed from the prefix in- (into) and mergere (to dip or sink). In modern French, it is used across multiple domains, including everyday speech, science, art, and literature, with prepositions such as dans or dans l’eau to indicate the liquid medium, and with de or dans to express immersion in a topic or activity.

Grammatical notes: Immerger is a regular -er verb. Present indicative forms are j’immerge, tu immerges, il immerge, nous immergeons, vous immergez, ils immergent. The past participle is immergé, used with auxiliary avoir or être depending on construction (e.g., j’ai immergé, or s’être immergé(e) in reflexive uses). Other tenses follow standard -er verb conjugation patterns: imperfect j’immergeais, future j’immergerai, conditional j’immergerais, and subjunctive present que j’immerge, que nous immergeons, etc.

Examples: Il a immergé les pièces dans l’eau pour les nettoyer. S’immerger dans un roman long peut prendre plusieurs heures. In technical contexts, samples are immergés in a solvent to observe reactions.

See also: immersion (concept), immersion journalism, immersion cooling.