Bijeengeroepen

Bijeengeroepen is, in Dutch, the past participle of het werkwoord bijeenroepen, meaning to convene or to call a group together for a meeting, session, or hearing. The term is used primarily in formal or official language to describe that an assembly or body has been summoned by an authority.

In practice, bijeengeroepen appears in contexts related to governance, law, and administration. Legislative bodies such as parliaments or senates may bijeengeroepen worden for an extraordinary session, while courts or councils can bihaajen or bijeengeroepen worden for hearings or briefings. The phrase emphasizes the act of bringing participants together rather than the act of the participants actively gathering themselves. It is common to encounter related expressions such as convene, assemble, or call to order in English-language equivalents.

Grammatically, bijeengeroepen is the past participle used in perfect and passive constructions, for example: a body heeft bijeengeroepen, or een vergadering is bijeengeroepen. It is often contrasted with the active vorm bijeengoope n (to convene) or with synonyms such as bijeenroepen and samenroepen, which share a related but slightly broader sense of bringing people together.

Etymologically, the word combines bij elkaar (together) with roepen (to call), conveying the idea of calling people together for a meeting or official purpose. The term is primarily found in formal Dutch and is less common in everyday speech, where simpler phrases like een vergadering houden or iemand bijeenroepen are more typical.