bewandelde

Bewandelde is the past tense form of the Dutch verb bewandelen. The verb bewandelen means to walk along or traverse a path, road, or landscape; to travel along a defined route on foot. In modern usage, bewandelen is relatively formal or literary and is more common in travel writing, historical descriptions, or narrative prose than in everyday speech.

Etymology and form: The verb is built with the prefix be- attached to wandelen (to walk). It conveys the action of moving along something, such as a trail, coastline, or boundary. The past tense form bewandelde is used for simple past statements, while the past participle bewandeld is used in perfect tenses (for example, heeft bewandeld or heeft de route bewandeld).

Usage notes: Bewandelen is typically used for physical movement along a defined route and can carry a sense of deliberate traversal. It can also appear in metaphorical senses, such as "een koers bewandelen" (to pursue a course of action), though this is less common. In contemporary Dutch, it is increasingly replaced by more everyday verbs, but it remains common in descriptive or historical writing.

Examples:

- Hij bewandelde het pad langs de rivier, terwijl de zon onderging.

- De reiziger heeft de kustroute bewandeld.

See also:

- Wandelen

- Bewandeling

- Route

- Pad

- Reizen