Doorstaat

Doorstaat is a Dutch verb form derived from door- and staan, meaning to withstand, endure, or, in reference to tests or challenges, to pass them successfully. The infinitive is doorstaan. In ordinary usage, doorstaat appears in the present tense as doorstaat, notably in third-person singular constructions such as Hij doorstaat de proef. The simple past form is doorstond, and the past participle is doorgestaan, which appears in perfect tenses as hij heeft de proef doorgestaan.

The verb is typically transitive and takes a direct object when referring to passing or enduring a test, challenge, or ordeal. Common collocations include een proef doorstaan (to pass a test), een beproeving doorstaan (to endure an ordeal), and een crisis doorstaan (to withstand a crisis). It can also be used figuratively to describe enduring difficult circumstances, such as een moeilijke periode doorstaan.

In passive constructions, the phrase commonly appears as wordt doorstaan (the test is being passed) or is doorgestaan in perfect constructions. The prefix door- conveys thoroughness or completion, but the word remains a single lexical unit in its tense forms rather than behaving like a separable prefix in everyday usage.

Overall, doorstaan covers both literal and figurative senses of endurance and success in facing evaluative or challenging experiences, making it a frequent term in educational, professional, and everyday Dutch.