Festgelegte

Festgelegte is the attributive form of the past participle festgelegt, which comes from the verb festlegen, meaning to determine, fix, or establish. As a participial adjective, festgelegt describes something that has been officially defined or established by an authority, contract, rule, or agreement.

In usage, festgelegte typically appears before a noun to indicate that the noun is defined or fixed. Common collocations include festgelegte Fristen (defined deadlines), festgelegte Bedingungen (set conditions), festgelegte Ziele (established goals), and festgelegte Werte (fixed values). The exact ending of the adjective depends on gender, number, and article. After a definite article, the attributive form is festgelegte for singular feminine, masculine, and neuter nouns (die festgelegte Regel, der festgelegte Plan, das festgelegte Ziel). In plural, with a definite article or a possessive pronoun, the form is festgelegten (die festgelegten Regeln, unserer festgelegten Ziele). Without an article, the endings differ according to standard German adjective declension.

Grammatically, festgelegte functions as an adjective derived from a past participle and can appear in predicative position as well, e.g., Die Termine sind festgelegt. In such cases, the adjective does not take an attributive ending.

Examples:

- Die festgelegten Fristen müssen eingehalten werden.

- Das festgelegte Ziel wurde im Sitzungstermin bestätigt.

- Eine festgelegte Regel gilt im Unternehmen.