opduiken

verb

The verdict

“opduiken” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Émerger, apparaître, faire surface.

Corpus desk

Index FR-opduiken · opduiken · French

opduiken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "O" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for opduiken
PropertyValue
Headwordopduiken
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « opduiken » en français

opduikenreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

opduiken is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for opduiken, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is opduiken, spelled O-P-D-U-I-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Émerger, apparaître, faire surface.
  2. 2
    Rapporter à la surface.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how opduiken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. De pinguïn dook weer op met een visje in zijn bek. = Le pingouin refit surface un poisson dans le bec.
  2. Zij doken een Griekse amfoor op tijdens hun vakantie aan de Egeïsche kust. = Ils ont rapporté à la surface une amphore grecque pendant leurs vacances sur la côte égéenne.

Synonyms

bovenkomen

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "opduiken"?
"opduiken" is spelled O-P-D-U-I-K-E-N.
What does "opduiken" mean?
As a verb, "opduiken" means: Émerger, apparaître, faire surface.
What language does "opduiken" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list