Ausgebreiteten

Ausgebreiteten is a German attributive form derived from the verb ausbreiten, meaning to spread out or extend. It functions as an adjective that describes something opened, spread, or laid out, and it is inflected to agree with the noun it modifies. The form ausgebreiteten appears mainly in plural contexts where a definite article or other determiner requires a weak inflection. For example: die ausgebreiteten Arme, die ausgebreiteten Flügel, mit ausgebreiteten Händen. In predicative constructions the past participle is typically ausgebreitet: Die Flügel sind ausgebreitet.

Usage and nuance: The term is commonly used to convey a literal widening or opening, such as limbs, wings, surfaces, or landscapes that are spread wide. It is frequent in descriptive prose, poetry, and travel or nature writing, where the emphasis is on breadth and openness. Figuratively, it can describe broad dissemination or reach, though writers often choose synonyms like ausgedehnt or weit verbreitet depending on nuance and register.

Morphology and related forms: Ausgebreiten is the base verb form; the past participle is ausgebreitet. As an attributive adjective, ausgebreiteten takes endings consistent with German declension rules after definite articles in plural. Other related forms include ausgebreitete (singular/plural with different determiner patterns) and the common phrase family derived from ausbreiten used to describe spreading actions or states.

See also: ausbreiten, ausgedehnt, weit verbreitet.