vergemakkelijk

Vergemakkelijk is a Dutch verb meaning to facilitate or to make something easier. It describes actions that reduce difficulty or remove obstacles, typically in procedures, processes, planning, or arrangements. In standard Dutch, the infinitive form is vergemakkelijken.

Etymology and form: the word is built from gemakkelijk, meaning easy, with the prefixed ver- that signals causation or making something so. The common, standard form in modern Dutch is vergemakkelijken; vergemakkelijk appears less frequently and is usually encountered as a nonstandard or dialectal variant in contemporary text. The related past participle is vergemakkelijkt, and the present-tense forms follow regular conjugation patterns (for example: het vergemakkelijkt, wij vergemakkelijken).

Usage: vergemakkelijken is a transitive verb and requires a direct object representing what is being made easier. Examples: “De nieuwe procedure vergemakkelijkt het werk.” “Deze maatregelen vergemakkelijken de samenwerking.” The noun form is het vergemakkelaken van de procedures (via het vergemakkelijken). It is common in formal, administrative, or organizational contexts to discuss facilitating processes, bureaucratic steps, of planning.

Synonyms and nuances: synonyms include faciliteren and vereenvoudigen. Vergemakkelijken emphasizes removing obstacles or complexity to ease a task or process; faciliteren is slightly broader, often focusing on enabling actions or conditions; vereenvoudigen specifically highlights reducing complexity.

See also: vergemakkelijken (dictionary entry) for standard usage and conjugation.

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