daterend

Daterend is a Dutch term formed as the present participle of dateren, meaning related to the assignment of dates to objects or events, or in the process of dating. It can function as an adjective or adverb in technical prose, describing activities, analyses, or results that involve dating. In everyday use, writers typically prefer noun forms such as datering or datering to name the process.

Grammatical notes and usage variants: the noun datering denotes the act of dating, while datering emphasizes the result or the practice of assigning a date. In scientific and archival contexts, dating methods are usually referred to with compounds such as dateringsmethode or datering, rather than using the present participle daterend. The term is more common in formal texts and may appear mainly in descriptive or methodological passages. When referring to a dated object, the passive past participle gedateerd is often used in Dutch to say that something has been dated.

Contexts and examples: in archaeology, geology, and paleontology, dating is central to establishing timelines. Examples include radiometric dating, dendrochronology, thermoluminescence dating, and potassium-argon dating. A typical phrasing might be: “de datering van het artefact werd vastgesteld met koolstofdatering.” More concise language may use “de artefact is gedateerd met koolstofdatering.”

See also: dating, datering, dateringsmethode, koolstofdatering, radiometric dating, dendrochronology. Overall, daterend functions mainly as a grammatical form used in specific, technical Dutch, while the standard terms for the process are datering and dateringsmethoden.