Passeert

Passeert is the third person singular present tense form of the Dutch verb passeren, which means to pass by, to cross, or to go past. The word is commonly used to describe movement of people, vehicles, or objects relative to a reference point such as a station, road, or boundary. As a neutral descriptive term, passeert does not imply evaluation of the action.

The verb passeren is of Dutch-Germanic origin and is closely related to the English verb pass, sharing the core idea of moving past something. The form passeert follows standard Dutch conjugation patterns for ditransitive or intransitive verbs in the present tense.

Usage examples include describing traffic or travel, such as a train passing a station (De trein passeert het station) or a car crossing a junction (De auto passeert de kruising). It can also be used in security or administrative contexts, for instance when a person clears a checkpoint (De reiziger passeert de controle). In sports or everyday language, a ball or vehicle may pass the opponent or obstacle (De bal passeert de keeper).

Conjugation notes: the present tense forms are ik passeer, jij passeert, hij passeert, wij passeren, jullie passeren, zij passeren. The past tense forms are passeerde/passeerden, and the past participle is gepasseerd. In perfect tenses, the auxiliary is typically hebben or zijn, depending on the sense; for movement through a boundary, zijn is common (De trein is gepasseerd). The infinitive is passeren, and related forms include gepasseerd as the past participle.