Gedronken

Gedronken is the past participle of the Dutch verb drinken, meaning that a beverage has been consumed. It is a key component in forming certain verb constructions in Dutch.

In standard usage, gedronken appears in the perfect tenses with the auxiliary hebben: Ik heb gedronken (I have drunk), Hij heeft gedronken (He has drunk). It can also appear in passive constructions to indicate a completed action: Het bier is gedronken (The beer has been drunk). The past participle is distinct from the simple past tense of drinken, which is dronk (I drank).

Etymology and forms: Gedronken comes from the verb drinken, with its past participle formed regularly within Dutch participle patterns. The simple past tense of drinken is irregular (dronk, dronken in some historical forms), while gedronken remains the standard past participle used in compound tenses and passive voice. Related languages, such as German, use getrunken as the past participle for trinken.

Usage notes: Gedronken is primarily a verbal participle and is not commonly used as an attributive adjective on its own. In most contexts, it functions as part of a verb phrase to express completed drinking actions, rather than describing a noun directly.

See also: drinken; Dutch grammar; past participles in Dutch.