Verklaarde

Verklaarde is a Dutch verb form, the simple past tense of verklaren. The verb verklaren can mean to explain, to declare, or to justify something, and verklare past tense indicates that the explanation or declaration occurred in the past. The word is primarily a finite verb form used in sentences with a subject in the past.

Conjugation notes:

- Present tense forms include: ik verklaar, jij verklaart, hij verklaart, wij verklaren, jullie verklaren, zij verklaren.

- Simple past (including the form written as verklaarde) includes: ik verklaarde, jij verklaarde, hij verklaarde, wij verklaarden, jullie verklaarden, zij verklaraden.

- The past participle is verklaard, used with have/has in perfect tenses: ik heb het verklaard.

Usage:

Verklaarde is used to report that someone explained or declared something in the past. It can be followed by a that-clause or direct object, for example: “De getuige verklaarde dat hij onschuldig was.” In legal or formal contexts, verklaren can also mean to declare or certify, as in “de verklaring afleggen.”

Distinctions:

Verklaarde is a finite past-tense form and not a separate noun. The past participle form verklaard appears in compound tenses like “Ik heb het verklaard.” The verb differs in meaning depending on context: 그것 can mean to explain (to make clear) in general speech, or to declare/attest in formal or legal settings.

Etymology:

Verklaren stems from the root klar/klaar with the ver- prefix, forming a verb that conveys making something clear or establishing its meaning.