Gebratenem

Gebratenem is the dative singular form of the German past participle gebraten (fried) when used as an attributive adjective. It functions to describe a noun that has been fried and is in the dative case. The ending -em signals dative singular in contexts where the adjective carries a strong or mixed declension, often without a definite article or after prepositions that require the dative.

In German, adjective endings vary with case, gender, and article. Gebratenem appears most commonly in phrases where the noun is in the dative singular and the article is omitted or weakly inflected. Examples include mit gebratenem Gemüse (with fried vegetables) and mit gebratenem Fleisch (with fried meat). With a definite article, the corresponding form would be dem gebratenen Fleisch or dem gebratenen Gemüse, where the ending -en marks the dative singular after der-words. After an indefinite article, like einem, the mixed declension yields similarly -en endings: einem gebratenen Reis, etc.

Usage and meaning are primarily culinary and descriptive. The form does not denote a separate verb or noun; it is a grammatical variant of the participle used to describe food or dishes in the dative context. The basic sense remains fried; the distinction lies in grammar rather than in meaning.

See also: gebraten, braten, participles and German adjective endings.