Gelebte

Gelebt is the past participle of the verb leben (to live). Gelebte is its attributive adjective form, used to mean “lived” or “experienced.” As an adjective, gelebte describes nouns that denote experiences, life, or conditions that have been lived through. In German, gelebte agrees with the gender, number, and case of the noun it modifies. Examples: gelebte Erfahrung (feminine singular), gelebte Erfahrungen (feminine plural), gelebter Traum (masculine singular), gelebtes Leben (neuter singular).

Common usages convey authenticity and experiential quality. Phrases such as gelebte Erfahrungen (lived experiences), gelebte Lebenswelt (the lifeworld as experienced), or gelebte Beziehungen (lived relationships) are found in everyday language as well as in academic writing, particularly in philosophy, psychology, and sociology.

Gelebte differs from gelebt in tense usage. Gelebt is the past participle used in perfect tenses (for example, ich habe gelebt). When gelebte functions as an attributive adjective, it takes normal adjective endings according to German declension rules, rather than serving as a stand-alone verb form.

In summary, gelebte denotes experiences or life conditions that have been actually lived, and it is a common stylistic device to emphasize authenticity in description. See also Lebenswelt, Erfahrung, Lebensführung.