gennemgåede

Gennemgåede is a Danish word that functions as an attributive past participle of the verb gennemgå, which means to go through, examine, or review. In standard modern Danish, the common past participle used in this sense is gennemgået. Gennemgåede is therefore typically considered a historical orthography, regional variant, or archaic form rather than a routine contemporary spelling.

The form is mostly encountered in older texts or in dialectal use, where it serves to describe nouns that have already been examined or reviewed. A typical example is de gennemgåede dokumenter, meaning “the documents that have been reviewed.” In contemporary Danish, the more common practice is to use gennemgået in the singular or to rely on a relative clause to convey the sense of completion, for example dokumenterne der er gennemgået, while the plural noun phrase can still appear as de gennemgåede dokumenter in contexts that preserve older spelling or stylistic choice.

Usage notes emphasize that gennemgåede carries the same core meaning as gennemgået—indicating something that has been thoroughly checked or audited—but that it remains largely confined to historical, regional, or stylistic contexts. For most readers and in most modern texts, gennemgået is the preferred form, with gennemgåede appearing primarily as a remnant of earlier orthography or in dialectal expression.