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geserveerd

Geserveerd is the past participle of the Dutch verb serveren, meaning to serve or to present food, drinks, or other items to someone. In general use, it denotes that something has been offered or provided to diners, guests, or customers. The form can appear in compound tenses with hebben or zijn, or function as an adjective describing something that has already been served.

As a participant in the perfect and other tenses, geserveerd is typically used with hebben: Ik heb

As an attributive adjective, geserveerd agrees in gender and number and takes the ending -e or -en:

Etymology: geserveerd comes from serveren, itself derived from French servir, with the standard Dutch ge- prefix

Usage notes: In menus and hospitality contexts, geserveerd is widely used to indicate items that have already

Examples: De ober heeft het voorgerecht geserveerd. De maaltijd is geserveerd. De geserveerde hapjes waren populair.

het
eten
geserveerd.
In
passive
voice,
it
can
appear
with
worden:
Het
eten
wordt
geserveerd;
in
the
past,
De
maaltijd
werd
geserveerd.
The
present
perfect
passive
is
common
as
well:
Het
eten
is
geserveerd.
de
geserveerde
maaltijd,
de
geserveerde
gerechten,
or
geserveerd
in
predicative
position:
De
maaltijd
is
geserveerd.
and
-d
ending
for
past
participles
of
regular
verbs.
been
brought
to
the
table.
It
can
be
used
figuratively
as
well,
for
example
in
describing
something
that
has
been
presented
or
delivered.