Gegrillten

Gegrillten is the declined form of the German past participle gegrillt, used as an adjective to mean “grilled.” It is not a noun by itself but a word that describes a noun in the context of a dish or food item. The base verb grillen means to cook over direct heat, typically on a grill, barbecue, or similar heat source.

As an attributive adjective, gegrillten follows German declension rules and takes endings that reflect the gender, number, and case of the noun it accompanies, as well as the presence of a determiner. For example: der gegrillte Fisch (masculine singular nominative with a definite article; the ending is -e), den gegrillten Lachs (masculine singular accusative; ending -en), dem gegrillten Fisch (masculine/neuter singular dative; ending -en), die gegrillten Forellen (plural; ending -en). In neuter singular with a definite article, one more common form is das gegrillte Gemüse (ending -e). In feminine plural, die gegrillten Forellen also uses gegrillten after the definite article.

Common usage appears in menus, recipes, and descriptions of dishes such as gegrillter Fisch, gegrilltes Gemüse, or die gegrillten Forellen. The form gegrillten is thus a frequent, grammatically determined variant that helps specify which prepared item is being referred to. In contrast, the predicate participle gegrillt is used in phrases like der Fisch ist gegrillt, indicating a completed state rather than an attributive description.