Abgerufene

Abgerufene is a German linguistic form used as an attributive adjective derived from the verb abrufen (to fetch, retrieve). In everyday and technical usage, it describes items that have been retrieved or called up from a source, rather than produced locally. The term is common in information technology, data processing and database contexts.

Grammatically, abgerufene is the attributive form of the participle abgerufen, and must agree with the noun it modifies in gender, number, and case. For example: die abgerufene Datei (singular feminine), die abgerufenen Daten (plural). The bare verb form is abgerufen; abgerufene is used when functioning as an adjective.

Typical contexts include data retrieval from databases, API responses, or server-side operations; references to previously requested resources or information. Distinctions: abgerufen (as a past participle of the verb) is used in finite verb forms, e.g., Die Daten wurden abgerufen. Abgerufene refers to the resulting object or set of objects, not the action of retrieving.

In broader use, abgerufene can also appear outside IT, whenever something has been called up, fetched, or summoned from a source. The term thus designates the outcome of a retrieval process rather than the act itself, and it agrees in form with the noun it modifies.

See also: abrufen, Datenabruf, Abfrage, Datenbank, API.