Gereinigte

Gereinigte is the attributive form of the past participle gereinigt of the verb reinigen, meaning cleaned or purified. It functions as an adjective describing something that has undergone a cleaning or purification process. The form inflects according to gender, number, and case, as in das gereinigte Wasser (neuter singular with a definite article), die gereinigte Luft (feminine singular), der gereinigte Mann (masculine singular), and die gereinigten Proben (plural).

In contexts without a definite article, the strong declension yields forms such as gereinigtes Wasser, gereinigte Luft, or gereinigte Proben. These usages describe materials, air, water, or samples that have been cleaned or purified. The term is common in scientific, environmental, medical, and industrial language, where precision about cleanliness or purity is important. It is often contrasted with other terms like gereinigt (the past participle as a finite verb), rein (simply clean, or in a general sense), or purifiziert (purified to a higher standard).

Gereinigte tends to appear when the emphasis is on the resulting state after a cleaning or purification step, rather than on the act itself. While synonymous phrases such as gereinigt, rein, or purifiziert can convey related meanings, gereinigte specifies a completed condition of cleanliness or purification in relation to a noun.

See also: Reinigung, Reinigen, gereinigt, Reinigungstechnologie, Wasseraufbereitung, Luftreinhaltung.