Gescheitert

Gescheitert is the past participle of the German verb scheitern, which means to fail or to come to nothing. In everyday usage it denotes that an attempt, plan, project, or negotiation did not succeed. It can be used as a finite verb form in perfect tenses (Ich bin gescheitert; Der Plan ist gescheitert) or, more often, as an adjective describing something that has failed (gescheiterte Pläne, gescheiterte Verhandlungen).

The phrase an etwas scheitern or bei etwas scheitern indicates the cause of the failure, for example: Der Plan scheiterte an mangelnder Finanzierung. The noun corresponding to the concept is das Scheitern.

As an attributive adjective, gescheiterte, gescheiterter, or similar inflections are used depending on gender and number: ein gescheiterter Plan, eine gescheiterte Verhandlung, gescheiterte Pläne.

Etymology: the verb scheitern is a native German verb with roots in the Germanic language family; its exact origin is uncertain and attested in medieval sources.