gestort

Gestort is the past participle of the Dutch verb storten. It describes something that has been poured, dumped, or deposited, and it is also used in construction contexts to refer to poured materials such as concrete. In finance, gestort is common for money that has been deposited into an account, as in Ik heb gisteren geld gestort op mijn rekening. In construction and civil engineering it can describe materials that have been poured, for example het gestorte beton.

Grammatical notes: In perfect tenses, gestort is typically combined with hebben for transitive uses (Ik heb geld gestort). In other contexts it can appear in passive or state descriptions, and as an attributive adjective it agrees with the noun it describes (het gestorte bedrag, de gestorte bedragen; het gestorte beton). The word functions both as a verb form and as a modifier for nouns.

Usage and nuance: The sense of gestort depends on context. When used with deposits, it emphasizes completion of the action of placing money or materials into a location. In construction, it emphasizes that the material has been placed in position and allowed to set or cure. It does not typically replace instorten, which means to collapse; that verb has its own past participle (ingestort/instort).

See also: storten, instorten, beton.