Durchgeführten

Durchgeführten is the attributive or past participle form of the German verb durchführen. The base verb means to carry out, execute, or conduct something. As a participle, durchgeführt translates to “carried out,” “conducted,” or “performed.” The form durchgeführten is used when the participle agrees with a noun in case, gender, and number—most commonly in the accusative plural, as in die durchgeführten Maßnahmen.

In usage, durchgeführten appears in two main contexts. First, in passive constructions with a finite verb, the past participle performs its standard role, for example: Die Studie wurde durchgeführt. Second, it can function as an attributive adjective before a noun, for example: die durchgeführten Maßnahmen, die durchgeführten Analysen. In this position, the participle takes endings to match the noun (gender, number, case), as is typical for adjectives in German.

Semantically, durchgeführten implies that the actions have already been completed or implemented. The prefix durch- emphasizes that the action was executed from start to finish, often within a formal or evaluative setting. The corresponding noun form is Durchführung, meaning the act of carrying out or execution, while durchführender (present participle) would describe someone conducting an action, though the common everyday form is simply durchführen.

Common contexts for the word include scientific reports, project documentation, audits, and formal summaries where it is important to specify that certain procedures, analyses, or measures have already been completed. English equivalents include “carried out,” “conducted,” or “performed.” Examples: Die durchgeführten Experimente bestätigten die Hypothese. Die Ergebnisse der durchgeführten Analysen legen nahe, dass...