verwijs

Verwijs is a Dutch word that primarily functions as a verb form related to the infinitive verwijzen, meaning to refer or to direct. The core sense is to point someone to information, a source, or to another person or institution. In everyday language, verwijzen is used for directing someone to additional resources, or to route a person to another professional or service.

The verb verwijzen appears in various contexts, including medical, legal, academic, and administrative settings. For example, a general practitioner may verwijzen a patient door to a specialist, a teacher may verwijzen a student to the school counselor, and a document may verwijzen to a bibliography. The noun verwijzing (a referral or reference) is closely related and widely used to denote the act or result of referring, such as in “een verwijzing naar een specialist” or “een verwijzing in de lijst met bronnen.”

Grammatical notes: verwijzen is a standard Dutch verb with present tense forms ik verwijs, jij verwijst, hij verwijst, wij verwijzen, jullie verwijzen, zij verwijzen. Verwijzen also appears in the imperative form verwijs, used to give a direct instruction to a single informal person (for example, “Verwijs naar de bron.”). The compound verb doorverwijzen means to refer someone onward or onward referral, often used in professional workflows.

Etymology traces verwijzen to the prefix ver- combined with wijzen (to point or indicate), conveying the sense of directing or pointing away toward something else. The term is common in written and spoken Dutch and forms a basic concept in information handling and professional routing.