gehuwd

Gehuwd is a Dutch word meaning married. It is the past participle of the verb huwen (to marry) and is used as an adjective or predicate to indicate that a person is legally married. The term is gender-neutral and applied to individuals regardless of whether the marriage is between two men, two women, or a man and a woman.

In everyday language, getrouwd is more common in casual speech, but gehuwd appears frequently in formal, legal, and bureaucratic contexts. It is used in official documents and records to state a person’s civil status, for example in forms, genealogical records, or legal texts. The phrase gevuld with, such as gehuwd met, translates to married to and is used to describe the spouse relationship.

Gehuwd contrasts with other civil statuses such as ongehuwd (unmarried), gescheiden (divorced), and weduwnaar or weduwe (widower or widow). Since civil marriage is recognized for both opposite-sex and same-sex couples in Dutch law, gehuwd covers all legally recognized marriages.

Etymologically, gehuwd derives from the verb huwen and incorporates the Dutch prefix ge- as a past participle marker. It remains a stable term in contemporary Dutch, maintaining its legal and formal connotations while also appearing in less formal contexts when a formal tone is desired.