Gedruckter

Gedruckter is the attributive form of the past participle gedruckt in German, used as an adjective to indicate that a noun has been produced by printing. It commonly describes printed material, as opposed to handwritten or digital forms. The word is formed from the verb drucken (to print) and the participle gedruckt. When used attributively, it takes endings according to gender, number and case.

Examples of common forms include: ein gedruckter Text (masculine singular, Nominative), der gedruckte Text (masculine singular, Nominative with definite article), einen gedruckten Text (masculine singular, Accusative), ein gedrucktes Dokument (neuter singular, Nominative), das gedruckte Dokument (neuter singular, Nominative with definite article), eine gedruckte Seite (feminine singular). In plural: gedruckte Texte (Nominative/Accusative) or die gedruckten Texte (plural with definite article). The endings vary with case and article: der gedruckte Text, dem gedruckten Text, des gedruckten Textes, and so on.

Usage wise, gedruckter emphasizes the result of the printing process and is common in publishing, libraries and scholarly writing to distinguish printed materials from digital or manuscript ones. It appears in phrases such as "die gedruckten Ausgaben des Werks" or "eine Sammlung gedruckter Seiten." Predicative use tends to prefer gedruckt rather than gedruckter: Der Text ist gedruckt, not der Text ist gedruckter. The term thus functions primarily as an attributive descriptor across German dialects and registers.

See also: printing, typography, print edition, edition.