geweekt

Geweekt is the past participle of the Dutch verb weken, meaning to soak, wet, or immerse in liquid. When used as an adjective, geweekt describes something that has absorbed liquid, often to become softer or ready for a subsequent step in a recipe or process. The term is common in cooking, baking, horticulture, and cleaning, where soaking is a preparatory or enabling step.

Etymology and usage context: Weken is a Germanic verb with roots in older Dutch forms and related cognates in other Germanic languages. The concept of soaking appears across culinary, agricultural, and domestic domains, with geweekt serving to indicate that moisture has been introduced to the item.

Common applications: In cooking, ingredients such as dried beans, grains, nuts, or dried fruit may be geweekt before processing to reduce cooking time or improve texture. Examples: "De noten zijn geweekt in warm water." In bread making and desserts, recipes sometimes call for brood or other components to be geweekt in melk or bouillon. In horticulture, seeds or bulbs may be geweekt to soften coats and encourage germination.

Usage notes: The past participle geweekt is routinely used in recipes and instruction to denote that an item has already been wetted. The normal verbal constructions involve the verb weken in various tenses, with geweekt appearing in perfect and passive-like phrases.

See also: Related Dutch terms include weken, which describes the ongoing action of soaking, and other moisture-related processes in cooking and gardening.