Entladene

Entladene is a form of the German adjective entladen, meaning discharged or unloaded. It describes something that has undergone discharge or unloading, such as a battery that has been used or goods that have been unloaded. As an attributive adjective, entladene appears directly before a noun and adopts the appropriate ending for gender, number, and case. The form entladene is the feminine singular nominative and accusative form, as in eine entladene Batterie or die entladene Ware.

Grammatical notes: German adjectives after articles or determiners vary by gender and case. For feminine singular nouns in the nominative or accusative with definite or indefinite articles, the form entladene is used: die entladene Batterie, eine entladene Batterie. For other genders or cases, different endings apply, e.g., der entladene Akku (masculine nominative), das entladene Gehäuse (neuter nominative/accusative). In plural, after a definite article the form is entladenen: die entladenen Batterien; without a definite article, entladene Batterien is possible in a noun phrase.

Usage: The term is common in technical and everyday contexts to indicate a state of discharge or unloading. In electronics, one speaks of a battery being entladen; in logistics, of entladene Fracht or entladene Ware. The related noun Entladung denotes the process itself, while entladen is the verb form.

See also: Entladung, entladen, laden.