Geprepareerde

Geprepareerde is the past participle form of the Dutch verb prepareren (to prepare). It functions as a participle and is commonly used as an adjective or in passive constructions to indicate that something has undergone preparation. The base participle is geprepareerd; the form geprepareerde appears in attributive position with certain nouns, especially in the singular and plural determinations that require an -e ending.

In usage, geprepareerde is frequent in culinary, laboratory, and industrial contexts to describe items that have already been prepared or pretreated. Examples: de geprepareerde maaltijd (the prepared meal), geprepareerde ingrediënten (prepared ingredients). In a passive sentence, the phrase is typically geformd with een auxiliary: De maaltijd is geprepareerd. De geprepareerde ingrediënten moeten gekoeld bewaard blijven.

Etymology and related forms: prepareren is derived from the verb prefix ge- together with the stem of prepareren, which itself comes from French préparer (to prepare) via Latin preparare. The spelling and usage align with Dutch rules for past participles used as adjectives or in passive voice.

Notes on form: as an adjective, geprepareerde is used before a noun (geproperade is the attributive form in many contexts), while the standard passive participle geprepareerd is used after an auxiliary verb to form tenses (is geprepareerd, zijn geprepareerd). The term is not a specialized technical noun; it reflects standard Dutch grammar and lexicon.

See also: prepareren, voorbereid, voorbereiden.