Geslikte

Geslikte is the past participle of the Dutch verb slikken, meaning swallowed. It functions as an adjective describing something that has been ingested or swallowed, and is often used in reference to medication or food that has already been swallowed.

In grammar, geslikte is used attributively before a noun in contexts that commonly involve medical or descriptive language, such as de geslikte pil or de geslikte dosis. The predicative form of the past participle is geslikt (for example, De pil is geslikt). The attributive geslikte typically appears after a definite article in standard Dutch.

Common contexts for geslikte include medical instructions, pharmacology notes, patient records, and descriptive writing that specifies whether a pill, dose, or other ingestible item has already been swallowed. In everyday speech, speakers may instead use a clause such as “die hij heeft ingeslikt” to emphasize the action, rather than relying on the attributive form.

Etymology and related terms: geslikte derives from slikken, the Dutch verb for swallowing. It is cognate with German geschluckt and English swallowed, reflecting shared Germanic roots. Related verbs include inslikken and slikken, though these have distinct usages and forms in different contexts.

See also: Slikken, inslikken, geslikt, medical terminology related to medication ingestion.