Toedraagt

Toedraagt is the third-person singular present tense form of the Dutch verb toedragen. The core meaning of toedragen is to attribute, ascribe, or assign a claim, fault, responsibility, or characteristic to someone or something. In formal or analytical Dutch, the verb is used to indicate that an assertion or liability is attributed to a specific agent.

Etymology and history: The verb toedragen is formed from dragen (to carry) with the prefix toe-, which in this sense contributes the notion of transferring or attributing something to another entity. The attribution sense has appeared in Dutch since early modern usage and remains common in legal, administrative, and scholarly writing.

Usage and grammar: Toedraagt is used as a finite verb in the present tense. The construction typically involves a direct object naming what is attributed and a prepositional phrase identifying the recipient or source of attribution (for example, the person or entity to whom something is attributed). For other tenses, Dutch employs the regular conjugation of the infinitive toedragen or uses passive or other auxiliary constructions depending on the nuance and register of the text.

See also: dragen, attributie, and related Dutch expressions for linguistic attribution.