Gesteunde

Gesteunde is a Dutch term that functions as the past participle or adjective form related to the verb steunen, meaning to support or back. In usage, gesteunde describes something that has received support or endorsement from an individual, group, or institution. The word is commonly found in formal or bureaucratic writing to indicate official backing, such as policies, proposals, organizations, or positions that have been endorsed. In this sense it often appears in constructions like de door de commissie gesteunde voorstellen or het gesteunde beleid, where gesteunde acts as an adjective indicating endorsement. In everyday speech, speakers more often use alternative phrasing such as het beleid dat is gesteund or het beleid met steun van rather than the attributive form.

Etymology and grammar: Gesteunde derives from the verb steunen, with the past participle gesteund. The form gesteunde is an inflected adjective used in attributive position before a noun, typically following a definite article or possessive determiner, and thus agrees in number and gender as Dutch adjectives do after definiteness. The corresponding verb form for the perfect tense remains gesteund (has been supported). Overall, gesteunde is most commonly encountered in written, formal Dutch to indicate endorsement or backing of something already supported.