Het kind went aan de geregistreerde opvanglocatie.

No. In Dutch, went is the present tense of wennen, which means to get used to or to become accustomed to. It is not related to the English past tense went.

A few present-tense forms:

• ik wen
• jij/u went
• hij/zij/het went
• wij/jullie/zij wennen

So Het kind went ... means The child is getting used to ...

Because Dutch uses the fixed pattern wennen aan + something.

So:

• wennen aan iets = to get used to something
• wennen aan een plek = to get used to a place
• wennen aan een persoon = to get used to a person

Even though English often says get used to, Dutch uses aan with wennen.

Not in the same way as true separable verbs like aankomen or opstaan.

Here, the main verb is wennen, and aan is the preposition that goes with it. It is better to think of it as a fixed combination: wennen aan.

You can see this in a subordinate clause:

• ..., omdat het kind aan de geregistreerde opvanglocatie went.

The aan stays with de geregistreerde opvanglocatie. It is not a split-off prefix.

Because kind is a het-word, while opvanglocatie is a de-word.

• het kind
• de locatie
• therefore: de opvanglocatie

In Dutch compounds, the last part usually determines the gender/article. Since the last part is locatie, and locatie takes de, the whole compound also takes de.

Geregistreerde means registered.

It comes from the verb registreren and is a past participle used like an adjective.

Why the -e? Because when an adjective comes before a definite noun, it usually gets -e.

So:

• de geregistreerde opvanglocatie
• not de geregistreerd opvanglocatie

This is a very common Dutch pattern:

• de grote school
• het kleine kind
• de geregistreerde opvanglocatie

It is a compound noun made up of:

• opvang = care, childcare, supervised care
• locatie = location, site

Together, opvanglocatie means something like:

• childcare location
• daycare site
• care facility location

The exact translation depends on context, but it sounds fairly formal or administrative.

Yes, it is grammatical, but it sounds somewhat formal because of geregistreerde opvanglocatie.

In more everyday Dutch, people might say:

• Het kind went aan de opvang.
• Het kind went aan het kinderdagverblijf.
• Het kind raakt gewend aan de opvanglocatie.

So the original sentence sounds like something you might read in official childcare, municipal, or registration-related language.

They are closely related, but they are not the same.

• wennen aan = the process of getting used to something
• gewend zijn aan = already being used to something
• gewend raken aan = becoming used to something, often emphasizing the transition

Examples:

• Het kind went aan de opvanglocatie.
  The child is getting used to the childcare location.

• Het kind is gewend aan de opvanglocatie.
  The child is used to the childcare location.

• Het kind raakt gewend aan de opvanglocatie.
  The child is becoming used to the childcare location.

Not a direct object. It is a prepositional complement with aan.

Sentence parts:

• Het kind = subject
• went = finite verb
• aan de geregistreerde opvanglocatie = prepositional phrase linked to wennen

So this sentence does not have a direct object like Ik lees het boek.

Yes. If the context is already clear, Dutch can leave out the aan phrase.

For example:

• Het kind moet nog wennen.

This means:

• The child still needs time to adjust.
• The child is still getting used to things.

If you want to say what the child is getting used to, you add aan:

• Het kind moet nog aan de opvanglocatie wennen.

Because this is a normal Dutch main clause, and Dutch usually follows the verb-second rule.

So the structure is:

• Het kind = first element
• went = second position
• aan de geregistreerde opvanglocatie = the rest

If you move another element to the front, the verb still stays second:

• Aan de geregistreerde opvanglocatie went het kind snel.

That verb placement is very typical of Dutch main clauses.