Voorbreidende

Voorbreidende is a Dutch adjective form that appears to be a nonstandard or less common variant of the more widely used term voor voorbereidend or voorbereidende, which both relate to preparation. In contemporary standard Dutch, the adjective most often used to describe preparatory actions or phases is voorbereidende, not voorbreidende. The form may be encountered in older texts or as a typographical or dialectal variant, but it is not standard today.

The word derives from prefix voor- meaning before, combined with bereiden, the verb to prepare. The typical modern attributive form is voorbereidende, used to describe nouns related to preparation, such as maatregelen (measures) or fasen (phases). For example, prepared phrases include voorbereidend onderzoek (preparatory research) or voorbereidende maatregelen (preparatory measures). In standard usage, you are likely to see voorbereidend rather than voorbreidende when referring to a masculine or generic noun, and voorbereidende when describing a feminine or plural noun.

Usage and equivalents: if you encounter voorbreidende in texts, it is generally best interpreted as equivalent to voorbereidende or als an archaic/variant spelling to be avoided in formal writing. In many contexts, synonyms such as preparatory, initial, or early-phase can capture the same sense, depending on the domain (law, education, project management).

See also: voorbereiding (preparation), voorbereidend (preparatory in masculine form), voorbereidende (preparatory adjective).