geschept

Geschept is a Dutch term formed as the past participle of the verb scheppen, which means to scoop, ladle, or to create. In contemporary usage, geschept commonly appears as a passive participle or as an adjective describing something that has been scooped, drawn, or effectively produced with a tool or method. The word is most often found in culinary contexts, where a portion or portioning operation is described as geschept, for example when ice cream or soup has been served with a scoop: Het ijs is geschept.

Etymology and forms: Geschept derives from the stem schep, with the prefix ge- used to form past participles in Dutch. As a participle, it agrees with the subject in number and gender in compound tenses, and it can function adjectivally to describe a noun that has undergone the action of scheppen.

Usage: The primary sense of geschept is physical act-related—something that has been scooped, ladled, or portioned. Less common, especially in older or more literary Dutch, is a figurative use where geschept can imply that something has been devised or imagined, though this sense is markedly rarer and often more poetic than everyday speech. In standard Dutch, more direct synonyms for “invented” or “conceived” would typically be used in such contexts.

See also: Scheppen, Participle in Dutch grammar, Dutch culinary terminology.