Vervaardig

Vervaardig is a Dutch verb meaning to manufacture, produce, or fabricate. It refers to the act of turning raw materials into finished products or of shaping something according to specifications. The term is commonly used in industrial, technical, and historical contexts. In everyday language, more general verbs such as produceren or maken are often used, while vervaardigen carries a formal or precise nuance, especially in engineering, manufacturing, or legal texts. The noun form is vervaardiging, meaning manufacture or fabrication, and the adjective equivalent can appear in related compounds.

Etymology and usage: The word stems from the prefix ver- combined with a root related to making or shaping. It is of Dutch origin and has historical usage in crafts, guilds, and early industrial language. Today it appears mainly in formal, technical, or historical writings and in contexts describing processes, production lines, or the creation of goods.

Grammatical notes: Vervaardig is primarily the imperative form used to address a single person (you). The corresponding present tense forms are vervaardig with different subject endings, such as ik vervaardig, jij vervaardigt, wij vervaardigen. The past participle is vervaardigd, used in perfect tenses with hebben (heeft vervaardigd). For example, “De goederen worden vervaardigd” (The goods are manufactured) or “De vervaardiging van de producten duurt twee weken” (The manufacture of the products takes two weeks).

See also: vervaardiging, produceren, fabriceren, maken, fabricaat. In Afrikaans, vergelijkbare vormen bestaan zoals vervaardig.