No. 8,245 in Dutch
gemoderniseerd
"Gemoderniseerd" means "modernized."
In a sentence
Het huis is gemoderniseerd en heeft nu zonnepanelen.
The house has been modernized and now has solar panels.
In this sentence, 'gemoderniseerd' is used as a past participle to describe the house being updated.
Ze willen het onderwijs gemoderniseerd aanpakken.
They want to approach education in a modernized way.
Here, 'gemoderniseerd' is used adjectivally to describe the approach.
Door de jaren heen hebben ze de fabriek gemoderniseerd.
Over the years, they have modernized the factory.
This usage of 'gemoderniseerd' is as the main verb in a compound past tense construction, indicating the action of modernizing.
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