Geladene

Geladene is the attributive form of the German past participle laden, meaning loaded or charged. It is formed from the verb laden with the ge- prefix that marks past participles in German and is used to describe a noun that has been loaded or charged. The form is common in everyday and technical language.

In addition to its basic sense, geladene also appears in scientific and technical contexts to denote objects or particles that carry a charge, such as geladene Teilchen (charged particles) or geladene Batterien (charged batteries). It is important not to confuse geladene with eingeladen, the past participle of einladen, which means invited.

Grammar and usage: geladene functions as an ordinary attributive adjective. With a definite article, the ending is -e in singular and -en in plural: der geladene Wagen, die geladene Batterie, das geladene Paket; die geladenen Wagen, die geladenen Batterien, die geladenen Pakete. With an indefinite article or without an article (strong or mixed declension), endings vary: ein geladener Wagen, eine geladene Batterie, ein geladenes Paket; geladene Wagen, geladene Batterien, geladene Pakete.

Examples: Der geladene Akku hat noch Kapazität. Die geladene Ware muss geprüft werden. Die geladenen Teilchen wurden im Experiment gemessen. In der Alltagssprache beschreibt geladene oft physische Ladung, während bei Einladungen das Wort eingeladen verwendet wird.