verbruikt

Verbruikt is a Dutch term that serves as the past participle of the verb verbruiken, meaning to consume or to use up. It functions in two main ways: as part of verb forms in perfect tenses and as an adjective describing something that has been consumed or used up.

Etymology and forms: The root is bruiken/bruik meaning use, with the prefix ver- adding a sense of completion or depletion. The past participle form is verbruikt, which is used with auxiliary verbs such as hebben or zijn to form tenses (for example, Het gas is verbruikt, meaning the gas has been consumed). As an adjective before a noun, verbruikt can take an -e ending to agree in gender and number, as in de verbruikte voorraden (the consumed stocks).

Usage and context: Verbruikt is commonly encountered in discussions of resources, energy, and food, where it denotes that a quantity has been used or expended. The related noun verbruik refers to the act or amount of consumption, as in energieverbruik (energy consumption) or waterverbruik (water consumption). The term is also found in technical and statistical language to describe the depletion of materials or goods.

Related terms: Verbruik (noun) contrasts with verbruiken (the verb). Verbruikt is distinct from verbruikte when used as a modified noun phrase. In other languages, a parallel term is consumed in English or verb forms in German such as verbraucht, reflecting a common Indo-European pattern of expressing completed use.

See also: verbruiken, verbruik, energieverbruik, waterverbruik.