Aktiviertem

Aktiviertem is an inflected form of the German adjective participle aktiviert, meaning activated. It is used as the dative singular masculine or neuter form when the adjective precedes a noun without a definite article or after prepositions that require the dative case. A typical example is in aktiviertem Zustand, meaning in an activated state.

In German, adjectives decline to match case, gender, and number. With a definite article or other determiner, different endings apply (for example, dem aktivierten Zustand in the dative). With no determiner, strong declension yields forms such as aktiviertem in the dative singular masculine or neuter, as in in aktiviertem Zustand or mit aktiviertem Schlüssel.

Usage notes and context. The form aktiviertem does not convey a meaning beyond the base idea of activated; it is simply the correct grammatical ending for a specific syntactic position. In everyday language, aktiviert is more common as the base participle, while aktiviertem appears in phrases where the noun is in the dative case and not preceded by a determiner.

Relation to English and semantics. The German term corresponds to activated or enabled in English, but its appearance as aktiviertem is purely a matter of German adjective declension, not a separate lexical item. When translating, one usually renders the entire phrase (for example, in aktiviertem Zustand → in an activated state) rather than translating aktiviertem alone.

See also. German grammar, adjective declension, past participles used as adjectives.