Gefahrene

Gefahrene is a German adjective form derived from the verb fahren (to drive or to travel). It functions as the attributive past participle and describes a noun that has been driven or traveled. It is not a standalone noun; rather, it occurs before a noun and inflects according to gender, number, and case. In common usage, the most frequent form is far more recognizable in feminine singular phrases such as die gefahrene Route or die gefahrene Strecke.

Etymology and usage: Gefahrene comes from gefahren, the past participle of fahren, with the typical attributive adjective ending -e when used with a feminine singular noun after a definite article. The meaning conveyed is that the described route, path, or stretch has been traveled or driven. The word can appear in formal or descriptive contexts, including travel logs, logistics reports, and route descriptions.

Examples:

- Die gefahrene Route war länger als geplant. (The route that was driven was longer than planned.)

- Wir dokumentierten die gefahrene Strecke für die Abrechnung. (We documented the driven/traveled distance for the billing.)

Related forms:

- With masculine or neuter nouns in the nominative or accusative after a definite article, the ending can differ (e.g., der gefahrene Weg, das gefahrene Schiff), and with plural nouns the endings change accordingly.

- Gefahrene should not be confused with Gefahren, the plural noun for dangers, or with the simple past participle gefahren used in verb tenses.

Gefahrene thus serves as a descriptive, attributive form indicating that an entity has been traversed, rather than a separate lexical entry.