Abgerufen

Abgerufen is the past participle of the German verb abrufen, meaning to retrieve, fetch, or access information from a source. The prefix ab- conveys pulling away or fetching from a source, and rufen is related to calling or summoning. The term is used across contexts to describe the act of obtaining data, content, or resources from databases, servers, or other information repositories.

In everyday language, abgerufen appears in perfect tense formations, for example Ich habe die Daten abgerufen. It can also appear in passive constructions such as Die Informationen wurden abgerufen. When used attributively to describe retrieved items, the form is typically adjusted (for example abgerufene Daten, meaning retrieved data), depending on gender and number.

A common usage in scholarly and online contexts is to mark the date of retrieval for online sources with the phrase Abgerufen am, followed by a date, as in Abgerufen am 5. März 2024. This convention helps indicate when web content was accessed, given that online material can change over time.

In computing and information technology, abgerufen is often found in system messages and logs to indicate that data has been retrieved from a server, database, or API. It is a general, neutral term that covers both human-performed lookups and automated data fetch operations.

See also: abrufen, Abruf, Abfrage, Zugriff.