Gesteuerten

Gesteuerten is the past participle form of the German verb steuern, meaning to steer or to control. In German, gesteuerten is also used as an inflected adjective or as part of passive constructions, and it appears in contexts where something is under control or being directed.

Grammatical usage and inflection

As a participle, the base form is gesteuert. When used attributively with a noun, gesteuerten follows standard German adjective declension. For example, with a definite article in plural: die gesteuerten Systeme. In singular forms it changes according to gender and case: ein gesteuertes System (neuter singular), eine gesteuerte Anlage (feminine singular); die gesteuerte Maschine (feminine singular in the nominative). In other cases, the ending adapts to the noun it modifies, but the core meaning remains “controlled” or “steered.”

Semantic meaning

Gesteuerten conveys that the subject is controlled by a controller, mechanism, or process. It is commonly translated as “controlled,” “regulated,” or “driven” in English, depending on context. The term is widely used in technical fields such as control theory, automation, and engineering to describe systems whose behavior is governed by a controller, feedback loop, or external directives.

Usage in modern German

In passive constructions, gesteuert is the typical participle: Das System wird gesteuert. As an attributive adjective, gesteuerten appears in plural after a definite article and in various singular forms according to standard declension patterns. The expression is common in technical writing to characterize regulated processes, automated systems, and other mechanisms that operate under external or internal control.

See also

Steuern (German verb), German participles, German adjective declension, control theory, automation.