aangekomen

Aangekomen is the past participle of the Dutch verb aankomen, meaning to arrive or to reach a destination. It is used to indicate that someone or something has arrived and is typically found in perfect tense constructions.

Form and grammar: Aankomen is a verb with a separable prefix. In the perfect tenses the participle becomes aangekomen and is used with the auxiliary zijn, not hebben. For example: We zijn gisteren aangekomen op Schiphol. The participle is written as one word: aangekomen. It can be followed by a prepositional phrase to specify the arrival location, such as aangekomen in Amsterdam or aangekomen in Rotterdam.

Usage: Aangekomen is common in travel reports, logistics updates, and news briefs to state that someone or something has reached a destination. It can refer to people, vehicles, packages, or shipments. Examples include De reizigers zijn aangekomen, en De zending is aangekomen in Rotterdam. In everyday language, the verb often appears in the second part of a sentence after the subject, with the location or context provided by a prepositional phrase.

Etymology: The word derives from the combination of aan (toward, to) and komen (to come), with the standard Dutch past-participle prefix ge- resulting in aangekomen. This form reflects the common pattern for many Dutch verbs with separable prefixes.

See also: Dutch verbs with prefix aan- and the formation of past participles; comparison with other arrival-related phrases in Dutch.