Ingesmeerd

Ingesmeerd is a Dutch past participle and adjective derived from the verb insmeren, meaning to smear or spread. It describes a surface that has been coated with a layer of a substance, such as butter on bread or paint on a wall. As an adjective, ingesmeerd can modify a noun directly (for example, a ingesmeerde boterham) and can also be used predicatively in sentences like “De boterham is ingesmeerd met jam.”

Etymology and form are straightforward: ingesmeerd is the past participle of insmeren. The prefix in- combined with smeer forms the verb, and the standard past participle ending -d yields ingesmeerd. In usage, it denotes that a substance has been applied to a surface in a coating or spreading action.

Common usage focuses on literal coatings. Examples include foods such as bread loaves that are ingesmeerd with jam or butter, or surfaces like skin or objects that are ingesmeerd with ointment, cream, or paint. While primarily literal, the form can function adjectivally to emphasize that a surface bears a smeared layer.

See also: insmeren, smeer, past participles in Dutch.