Gegenstandes

Gegenstandes is the genitive singular form of the German noun Gegenstand, meaning object or thing. In modern standard German, the genitive singular is usually written des Gegenstandes; Gegenstandes itself is a correct inflected form that can appear in older, formal, or legally styled texts, as well as in fixed expressions. The noun Gegenstand derives from a combination that historically evokes a thing presented to the observer as an object of perception, inquiry, or discussion.

In philosophical and scholarly writing, Gegenstand denotes the object of thought, study, or perception—the object of knowledge or inquiry. Phrases such as der Gegenstand der Erkenntnis or die Eigenschaften des Gegenstandes illustrate its use in attributing properties to a given object. The term Objekt is often preferred in technical or scientific contexts, while Gegenstand can carry a nuance of concreteness or perceptibility within argument or analysis.

Gegenstandes is primarily a grammatical form rather than a separate concept; it functions as the genitive case of Gegenstand and marks possession or relation, as in die Eigenschaften des Gegenstandes der Untersuchung. In sum, Gegenstandes marks "of the object" in German, with des Gegenstandes representing the standard modern rendering in everyday and formal writing.