Überschrittenes

Überschrittenes is a German attributive adjective formed from the past participle überschritten of the verb überschreiten. It denotes that something has been exceeded or crossed, such as a limit, threshold, or boundary. The common usage is before a neuter noun, for example ein überschrittenes Limit or ein überschrittenes Höchstalter.

In practice, überschrittenes describes quantities, measurements, or conditions that have passed a defined boundary. It is frequently found in administrative, scientific, financial, or technical texts. When used predicatively with a linking verb, the participle takes the normal form Überschritten: Der Grenzwert ist überschritten.

Grammatically, überschrittenes is an attributive adjective and agrees with the noun it modifies. It is typically written in lowercase when used as an adjective (ein überschrittenes Limit). If the word is used as a noun, a capitalized form like Überschrittenes may appear, though this usage is rare and usually limited to specialized or stylistic contexts.

Etymology: The word derives from the verb überschreiten, with the past participle Überschritten. In predicative use, German normally uses überschritten (as in der Grenzwert ist überschritten). The attributive form überschrittenes follows standard German adjective declension rules for a neuter singular noun.

See also: Überschreiten, Partizip II, Adjektivdeklination in German.