No. 2,072 in Dutch
gebouwd
Built.
In a sentence
Het huis is in 1950 gebouwd.
The house was built in 1950.
Here, 'gebouwd' is used as a past participle in a passive voice construction.
Hij heeft een stevige fundering voor het gebouw gebouwd.
He built a strong foundation for the building.
In this sentence, 'gebouwd' functions as the past participle in a present perfect tense construction.
De stad is rondom het kasteel gebouwd.
The city was built around the castle.
'Gebouwd' here is used to indicate a completed action in a descriptive statement about the city's construction.
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