weggedragen

Weggedragen is the past participle of the separable Dutch verb wegdragen, meaning to carry away or take away physically. The term is used to describe objects or substances that have been removed from a place, for example by people, vehicles, wind, or water. It can refer to material being transported or to something being carried off in a broader sense, such as debris after a flood or a theft.

Etymology and usage: Wegdragen combines weg meaning away and dragen meaning to carry or wear. In perfect tenses, the form weggedragen appears in sentences such as “Het foren is weggedragen door de rivier,” indicating that the item was carried away. The word can also function as a past participle used adjectivally in some contexts to describe something that has already been carried away, though in everyday Dutch it is more common to keep it within a verb phrase.

Examples:

- De kist is weggedragen door de vrijwilligers naar het verzamelpunt.

- Nadat de storm was gaan liggen, bleken verschillende bomen langs de kust weggedragen.

- De waardevolle spullen konden door de dieven weggedragen zijn voordat iemand iets merkte.

Relation and contrast: Weggedragen is closely related to wegdragen as a verb pair. It should not be confused with dragen in its non-separable forms or with terms describing wear or decay that might be expressed with andere werkwoorden like dragen of slijten.

See also: wegdragen, dragen, verwijderen, transporteren.