Gemachte
Gemachte is the inflected form of the German past participle gemacht (made, done) when it is used as an adjective. It is not a standalone lexical item; rather, it appears when the participle is applied to describe a noun. In German grammar, participles used attributively as adjectives take endings according to gender, number, and case.
- After a definite article: der gemachte Mann, die gemachte Frau, das gemachte Ding. Plural: die gemachten
- After an indefinite article: einen gemachten Mann, eine gemachte Frau, ein gemachtes Ding; plural: gemachte Dinge.
- With no article (strong declension): gemachte Dinge (plural); ein gemachtes Paar (singular neuter, if applicable).
- Predicative use with a form of sein generally uses gemacht rather than gemachte: Es ist gemacht
- gemachte typically conveys that something has already been completed or produced, often with a sense of
- Common contexts include household tasks ("das gemachte Bett" – the made bed) and finished work or products
- The feminine singular form shown as gemachte, and its other inflected forms, reflect standard German adjective
- machen: the verb meaning to make or do.
- Partizip II "gemacht": the base form used in compound tenses and as the non-attributive participle.
- Adjective declension and other participle-based adjectives in German.