gekeerd

Gekeerd is a Dutch adjective and the past participle of the verb keren, meaning to turn, flip, or rotate. It describes something that has been turned to a new orientation or state, such as a physical object or a situation that has changed direction.

In usage, gekeerd can function in both transitive and intransitive senses. When used transitively, it often appears with hebben as the auxiliary: iemand heeft iets gekeerd (someone has turned something over or around). When the subject itself changes position or orientation, the auxiliary is zijn: de auto is gekeerd (the car has turned around). As a word pair, gekeerd is commonly contrasted with omgekeerd, which more explicitly conveys inversion, reversal, or turning inside out.

Gekeerd can also serve as an adjectival past participle referring to the resulting state: een gekeerd bord (a turned-over board), een gekeerde kaart (a turned card). While widely understood in everyday Dutch, in some contexts omgekeerd or gedraaid may be preferred to convey a more specific sense of reversal or rotation.

Etymology traces gekeerd to the verb keren (to turn), with ge- as a common Dutch past-participle prefix. The term appears across standard Dutch usage and is encountered in both spoken and written language.

See also: keren, omgekeerd, gedraaid.