No. 1,163 in Dutch
verdwenen
"Verdwenen" means "disappeared."
In a sentence
De sleutels zijn verdwenen, ik kan ze nergens vinden.
The keys have disappeared; I cannot find them anywhere.
"Verdwenen" here is used as a past participle to indicate that the keys have vanished or are missing.
Hij keek om zich heen, maar de vogel was verdwenen.
He looked around, but the bird was gone.
In this example, "verdwenen" describes the state of the bird, implying that it was there before but is now absent.
Ze vertelde dat haar boek uit haar tas is verdwenen.
She said that her book had disappeared from her bag.
Here, "verdwenen" illustrates an action where the book seems to have vanished mysteriously or unexpectedly.
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