# vertieft

vertieft is a German adjective meaning “preoccupied”.

## Meanings

1. preoccupied, depressed
2. absorbed, immerged
   - Alle sind in ihre Arbeit vertieft. — Everyone is engrossed in their work.
3. deepened, recessed, sunken

## Examples

- Tom ist in seine Arbeit vertieft. — Tom is absorbed in his work.
- Er ist in das Studium der Linguistik vertieft. — He is absorbed in the study of linguistics.
- Er scheint in seine Arbeit vertieft zu sein. — He seems absorbed in his work.
- Er war völlig in das Buch vertieft. — He was completely engrossed in the book.
- Ich war ganz in einen Krimi vertieft. — I was completely absorbed in reading a detective novel.

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