Gebratenen

Gebratenen is the declined form of the German past participle gebraten when it is used as an adjective. Gebraten means fried or roasted, and as an adjective it describes a noun that has been prepared by frying or roasting. In German, attributive adjectives take endings that reflect the noun’s gender, number, and case, so gebratenen appears in several common contexts.

Typical examples include both singular and plural forms with different cases:

- Die gebratenen Zwiebeln (fried onions, nominative plural)

- Ich esse gebratene Zwiebeln (fried onions, accusative plural)

- Mit gebratenen Zwiebeln (with fried onions, dative plural)

- Der Geschmack der gebratenen Zwiebeln (the taste of the fried onions, genitive plural)

- Das gebratene Fleisch (fried meat, neuter singular)

- Mit gebratenem Fleisch (with fried meat, dative neuter singular)

- Die gebratenen Kartoffeln (fried potatoes, nominative plural)

The form gebratenen is therefore not a standalone noun but a grammatical ending. It commonly appears in culinary contexts to name ingredients or prepared dishes, and its exact ending varies with grammatical case, number, and the gender of the noun it modifies. For neuter singular, the endings shift to gebratenes or gebratenem depending on role in the sentence.

Etymology and usage: gebraten is the past participle of braten, prefixed with ge- in standard German. When used attributively, it behaves like a descriptive adjective and agrees with the noun. In predicative position after sein (is/are), the form is not declined with gebratenen.