Ausgeglichene

Ausgegleichene is a declined form of the German adjective ausgeglichen, meaning balanced, even-tempered, or well balanced. It is used attributively before a noun and changes its ending according to gender, number, and case. For example, feminine singular: eine ausgeglichene Haltung; plural (with a determiner): die ausgeglichenen Haltungen; neuter singular: das ausgeglichene Budget. In predicative position after sein, the common form is ausgeglichen rather than ausgegeleichene (e.g., Der Plan ist ausgeglichen).

Etymology and sense: The adjective ausgeglichen derives from ausgleichen (to balance, to equalize) and the past participle ausgeglichen functions as an adjective. The sense centers on harmony, proportion, or temperamental steadiness, and it is widely used in personal descriptions, evaluations, and technical contexts such as finance or acoustics.

Usage notes: Ausgeglichene is most visible in attributive phrases with nouns of feminine gender in the singular, and in plural phrases with definite articles. It can describe people (eine ausgeglichene Person, die ausgeglichenen Personen), attitudes (eine ausgeglichene Haltung), or things that are balanced (das ausgeglichene Budget, eine ausgeglichene Bilanz). In everyday language, synonyms include ausgeglichen, balanciert, ruhig, and harmonisch. The term should not be confused with auszgewogen as in ausgewogene Ernährung, which uses a different adjective form meaning “balanced” in nutrition contexts.

See also: Ausgeglichenheit (the noun form meaning balance or composure), ausgewogen (balanced in general contexts), and related terms in psychology, finance, and acoustics.