opzoomeren

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === Opzoomeren, opzomeren === Etymology === From Opzoomer(straat) +‎ -en, the name of the street in Rotterdam where the concept originated. The word is commonly interpreted as consisting of zomer +‎ op- -en, “to summer up” (whence the separable conjugation and alternative spelling opzomeren), even though the street name (named after the 19th-century philosopher Cornelis Willem Opzoomer) in fact derives from the surname Opzoomer, which is ultimately traced back to the etymologically different toponym Bergen op Zoom. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔpˌzoː.mə.rə(n)/ Hyphenation: op‧zoo‧me‧ren === Verb === opzoomeren (originally Rotterdam) to increase the quality of life and social cohesion in a residential street, especially in poorer areas, through communally organized initiatives such as social events and beautification projects [from c. 1990] 2004, Karin van Doorn, Empowerment: over laten en doen, p. 37: ==== Conjugation ==== Rarely conjugated as a nonseparable verb (past participle geopzoomerd), reflecting the word's etymology.