vergrootten

Vergrootten is a Dutch word primarily used as the simple past tense form of the verb vergroten, which means to enlarge or magnify. It is used with plural subjects (wij, jullie, zij) in the past tense. The form indicates that an enlargement or magnification was performed in the past.

In modern Dutch, the verb gemakkelijker appears in several tenses. The present tense forms are ik vergroot, jij vergroot, hij/zij/het vergroot; wij vergroten, jullie vergroten, zij vergroten. The past tense forms are ik vergrootte, jij vergrootte, hij/zij/het vergrootte; wij vergrootten, jullie vergrootten, zij vergrootten. Examples: Wij vergrootten de afbeelding om details beter te zien; Zij vergrootten de cijfers om een trend duidelijker te maken.

As a noun, the standard term for an enlargement or magnification is ver vergroting, with het vergroting (plural de vergrotingen). The use of vergrootten as a noun is rare in contemporary Dutch and is generally not preferred for describing magnifications. When encountered as a noun in older or dialectal texts, it may appear as a plural form related to vergrootte, but this is not common in standard modern usage.

Etymologically, vergrootten derives from vergroten, formed with the prefix ver- added to groot (big), signaling an increase in size or scale. The concept covers enlargements in contexts such as photography, microscopy, printing, and numerical or statistical magnification.