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getrokken

Getrokken is the past participle of the Dutch verb trekken, meaning to pull, draw, or drag. It is used to form compound tenses with the auxiliary hebben or zijn and to express the passive voice; it can also function as an adjective indicating that something has already been pulled or drawn.

In verb phrases, getrokken appears with hebben: Ik heb het touw getrokken. In passive constructions, the passive

The form is irregular: the simple past is trok, while the past participle is getrokken. The prefix

Getrokken is used in phrases such as een getrokken kaart (a drawn card) or een getrokken lijn

is
often
formed
with
is
or
worden:
De
kaart
is
getrokken
(the
drawn
card).
ge-
is
added
to
the
verb
stem
(trek-)
to
form
the
participle.
(a
line
that
has
been
drawn).
It
covers
physical
pulling
as
well
as
drawing
in
other
senses,
such
as
drawing
a
card
in
a
game
or
drawing
a
line.