Entfernt

Entfernt is a German word that functions as both a past participle of the verb entfernen and as an adjective describing location or state. As a participle, entfernt is used in passive or perfect constructions to indicate that something has been removed, deleted, or detached, for example: Die Datei wurde entfernt (The file has been removed). In this use, it can also serve as a status label in user interfaces: Der Eintrag ist entfernt (The entry is removed).

As an adjective, entfernt describes something that is distant or located far away. In everyday language it can modify nouns in attributive position, often formed as entfernte followed by the noun when the definite article is present, for example: das entfernte Gebäude (the distant building) or eine entfernte Insel (a distant island). The sense can also contrast with things that are nearby, using phrases like weit entfernt or eine weit entfernte Region to emphasize distance.

Etymology and grammar: entfernten derives from entfernen, with ent- as a prefix meaning “remove” and fern (old German for “far”). The past participle entfernt can function as an adjective or in compound verb forms. The attributive adjective form takes the appropriate ending, for example das entfernte Objekt or eine entfernte Region, while the predicate form appears as Es ist entfernt.

Usage notes: In technical or administrative texts, entfernt often clearly means “has been removed,” while the spatial sense as “distant” is common in descriptive prose. The noun form is Entfernung, meaning “distance” or “removal.”