onverplaatste

Onverplaatste is a Dutch adjective meaning not moved or not relocated, used to describe something that remains in its original place. The form is built from the negating prefix on- and the verb verplaatsen (to move), with the suffix -e to fit the noun it accompanies.

In practice, onverplaatste is most commonly found in formal or legal language. It is used to distinguish immobile or fixed assets from movable ones. In Dutch property and tax contexts, terms related to immobility are common, such as onroerend goed for immovable property. In some texts, onverplaatste goederen or onverplaatste zaken are employed to emphasize that certain assets remain in a single location and are not subject to relocation.

Usage and nuance: onverplaatste is relatively rare in everyday speech and tends to appear in administrative, legal, or historical writing. It conveys a precise sense of immobility, which can be important when differentiating between items that can physically be moved and those that cannot.

Related terms: verplaatsen (to move), verplaatst (moved), onverplaatst (not moved), onroerende zaken (immovable property in more common Dutch legal vocabulary), roerende zaken (movable property).

See also: property law terminology in the Netherlands and Flanders, classifications of assets into immovable and movable, and the concept of displacement versus non-displacement in legal or geographic texts.