No. 8,333 in Dutch
gevist
"Fished" (past tense of "fish").
In a sentence
Hij heeft gisteren in de rivier gevist.
He fished in the river yesterday.
The word 'gevist' is used here to describe the act of fishing as a past participle in a perfect tense.
Ze heeft de ontbrekende informatie gevist uit de documenten.
She extracted the missing information from the documents.
The word 'gevist' metaphorically means to extract or uncover something, used in this figurative sense as a past participle.
We hebben gevist naar een betere prijs, maar ze gaf geen korting.
We fished for a better price, but she did not give a discount.
Here, 'gevist' implies metaphorically seeking or probing for something, using 'to fish' as an idiomatic expression.
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