Geschüttet

Geschüttet is the past participle of the German verb schütten. The term encompasses the act of pouring, spilling, or dumping liquid or loose material such as sand, gravel, or earth. As a participle, geschüttet can form part of the perfect tenses and may function as an adjective in broader descriptions.

As a finite verb, it is used with the auxiliary haben in perfect constructions: Ich habe Wasser geschüttet. It also appears in passive voice: Wasser wurde geschüttet. In everyday contexts geschüttet often describes deliberate deposition on a surface, for example on a construction site: Der Kies wurde geschüttet, um eine Trag- oder Deckschicht zu erzeugen.

Distinctions: The verb verschütten denotes an accidental spill and is more common in everyday language for liquids: Ich habe Kaffee verschüttet. Auskippen is a related term for tipping out materials from a container, and schütten can be used for that purpose as well in some contexts.

Adjective usage: In technical or descriptive contexts geschüttet can describe material that has already been deposited, for example eine geschüttete Erdschicht oder geschütteter Kies. Declension follows the normal adjective endings in combination with nouns.

Etymology: schütten derives from older Germanic roots meaning to pour or dump; the past participle is formed with the ge- prefix, yielding geschüttet. The word is common in construction, civil engineering, and geology, while in general prose verschüttet is more frequent for accidental spills.