gereisd

Gereisd is the past participle of the Dutch verb reizen, meaning to travel. In standard Dutch it is used to form perfect tenses with the auxiliary hebben, as in ik heb gereisd and wij hebben gereisd door verschillende landen. The word emphasizes completed travel and travel experiences rather than the act of traveling in the moment.

As a participle, gereisd can appear in sentences that recount past journeys, for example: zij heeft gereisd door vijf continenten. It is most common in travel writing, biographies, and other texts that describe a person’s travel history. While primarily verbal, the form can sometimes appear in adjectival phrases purporting a travel background, though this is less frequent in everyday speech.

There is no widely recognized meaning of gereisd as a proper noun, place name, or personal name. It is a standard grammatical form in Dutch and does not designate a specific entity outside of its function as the past participle of reizen.

For learners, the key point is that gereisd signals completion of travel and is used with the auxiliary hebben to form the perfect tense. Ongoing or habitual travel is typically expressed with present or progressive constructions, such as ik reis (I travel) or ik ben aan het reizen (I am traveling). Related terms include reizen (to travel) and reiziger (traveler).