Beschleunigte

Beschleunigte is a German adjective formed from beschleunigen, meaning to accelerate or to speed up. The base adjective beschleunigte denotes something that has undergone acceleration or has increased in speed. In German, it is commonly used in the attributive position with the appropriate endings, for example: eine beschleunigte Bewegung (an accelerated motion), ein beschleunigtes Verfahren (an accelerated procedure), oder beschleunigte Abläufe (accelerated processes). It is also used in scientific, technical, and everyday language to describe faster dynamics, responses, or performance.

In physics and engineering, beschleunigte Vorgänge describe processes with nonzero acceleration, such as die beschleunigte Bewegung eines Teilchens, die Geschwindigkeit ändert sich hier in Richtung und Betrag. In law, administration, and business German, the noun phrase das beschleunigte Verfahren is a standard term for a faster, expedited procedure, used for example in asylum procedures, court cases, or administrative reviews to shorten timelines. In computing and technology, Beschleunigung is used to convey improvements in speed, leading to phrases like beschleunigte Verarbeitung or beschleunigte Datenübertragung.

Grammatically, beschleunigte functions as an attributive adjective and agrees with the noun in gender, number, and case. The form can also appear as a predicate adjective, for example: Die Reaktion ist beschleunigt. The capitalized noun form Beschleunigte is rare and usually restricted to specialized or stylized usage, sometimes used to refer to “the accelerated ones” in legal or academic texts, though it is not common in standard prose. Related terms include Beschleunigung (acceleration) and Beschleuniger (accelerator).