gestookte

Gestookte is a Dutch adjective formed from the verb stoken, meaning to feed a fire with fuel or to keep a fire burning. As an adjective it describes something that has been stoked or heated by being supplied with fuel, such as a fire, furnace, or stove, or fuel that has been put into a device to maintain heat.

In grammar, gestookt is the standard past participle used in compound tenses (for example, het vuur is gestookt). When the participle is used as a modifier before a noun, the form often takes an -e ending in Dutch: gestookte brandstof, gestookte haard, or gestookte vuur. The exact ending depends on gender and number of the noun it modifies and the presence of a definite article.

Usage tends to be more common in technical, historical, or literary texts, where the concept of tending a fire or maintaining heat is described explicitly. In everyday speech, people more frequently use fields like “gestookt vuur” or simply describe the fire as being “opgestookt” or “bijgetankt” depending on the context.

Etymologically, gestookte comes from stoken, which has roots in Old Dutch and other Germanic languages, generally linked to feeding or poking a fire to increase heat. Related terms include stoken (to stoke), stoker (one who stokes), and stookruimte (the area where stoking occurs).