No. 8,292 in Dutch
gescand
Scanned.
In a sentence
Ik heb mijn paspoort gescand om het op de website te uploaden.
I scanned my passport to upload it on the website.
Here 'gescand' is used as a past participle to describe the completed action of scanning the passport, connecting it to the purpose described afterward in the same sentence.
De QR-code werd door de telefoon gescand.
The QR code was scanned by the phone.
In this sentence 'gescand' is part of a passive construction, indicating that the QR code underwent the scanning process, performed by the subject designated as the phone.
We hebben alle documenten gescand voordat we ze verzonden.
We scanned all documents before sending them.
Here 'gescand' is again a past participle showing that the action of scanning the documents was performed, emphasizing the preparatory action before sending them.
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