verleende

Verleende is a Dutch word that serves as the simple past tense form of verlenen, meaning to grant, provide, or confer something such as permission, aid, or a license. It indicates that a granting action was completed in the past. Common present forms of verlenen are verleent; the simple past forms include ik verleende, jij verleende, hij verleende, wij verleenden, jullie verleenden, zij verleenden. The past participle is verleend, used in perfect tenses and in passive constructions: De vergunning is verleend; De gemeente heeft de subsidie verleend.

Verleende can also function as an adjective in attributive position to describe a granted item, for example: de verleende vergunning (the granted permit). In legal and administrative contexts, the adjective form is frequently encountered and can be inflected to match the noun’s gender and number.

Usage notes: The term is common in formal and official writing, where it often appears in phrases relating to permissions, subsidies, or other forms of support or authorization. Related terms include verlenen (to grant), toekennen (to award or allot), verleening (granting, a more formal noun form), and verlening (the act of granting or issuance). Verleende emphasizes the completion of the granting action in the past, while verleend remains the participle form used in some adjectival constructions.

In summary, verleende denotes a past granting event in Dutch and also serves as an attributive adjective referring to something that has been granted.