verdiende

Verdiende is a Dutch word with two related uses. As the simple past tense of verdienen, it denotes that someone earned something in the past. For example, hij verdiende veel geld means he earned a lot of money. As an adjective, verdiende can describe something that is earned or deserved, especially in the common compound welverdiende, meaning well-earned or well-deserved. In this adjectival use, it can modify nouns to signal merit or entitlement.

Conjugation and forms: verdienen is a strong verb in the simple past, yielding ik verdiende, jij verdiende, hij verdiende, wij verdienden, jullie verdienden, zij verdienden. The participle verdiend is used in other tenses and constructions, while verdiende appears in contexts referring to past earning or past merit.

Usage notes: The meaning of verdiende is determined by context. When about money or income, it expresses past earning. When used as an adjective, especially in welverdiende phrases, it conveys merit or deservedness. The expression welverdiende rust, for example, is a idiomatic way to say someone deserves a rest. In formal or literary Dutch, verdiende can appear in attributive position with nouns, though the exact inflection follows standard Dutch adjective agreement rules.

Etymology and related forms: Verdiende derives from the verb verdienen, which belongs to the Dutch-Germanic word family meaning to earn or deserve. The prefix ver- is a common part of Dutch verb formation and does not by itself change the basic sense of earned versus deserved in modern usage.

See also: verdienen, verdiend, welverdiende, welverdiend.