Gemälztem

Gemälztem is a form of the German adjective derived from the past participle gemälzt, from the verb mälzen (to malt). It does not stand alone as a noun but appears as an attributive or adverbial descriptor, most commonly in the dative singular. In practice it is seen in phrases like mit gemälztem Malz or aus gemälztem Malz, where the adjective agrees with a neuter noun in the dative singular.

The concept underlying the term relates to malting, the process by which cereal grains (typically barley) are soaked, allowed to germinate, and then dried. The result is malt, or Malz, which provides fermentable sugars essential for brewing and distilling. When the malt has undergone this processing, German speakers may refer to it as gemälzt or, in declined form, gemälztem Malz in appropriate grammatical contexts.

Grammatically, gemälztem is the strong (or article-less) dative singular form of gemälzt. It appears where a neuter noun in the dative case is modified without a preceding article, for example after prepositions such as mit or aus: mit gemälztem Malz, aus gemälztem Malz. Other inflected forms exist for different genders, numbers, and determiners, such as das gemälzte Malz (nominative neuter) or dem gemälzten Malz (dative singular with a definite article).

See also: Malz, Mälzerei, Mälzung, Brauerei, Whisky.