Gestoppte

Gestoppte is a German attributive adjective form derived from the past participle gestoppt of the verb stoppen. It describes something that has been halted, paused, or prevented. As an adjective it agrees with the gender, number and case of the noun it modifies, and it can be used with or without a determiner. For feminine singular nouns in the nominative or accusative case, as in die gestoppte Uhr, the form gestoppte is used. In plural nominative or accusative with no article, as in gestoppte Züge, the same orthographic form is used. With definite articles or other determiners the endings change (die gestoppten Züge, einem gestoppten Fahrzeug, etc.).

Common usages include describing processes, schedules, or objects that have been halted: die gestoppte Produktion, die gestoppten Züge, eine gestoppte Lieferung, eine gestoppte Aufnahme. The term carries no special technical meaning beyond the ordinary sense of “stopped” or “paused” in German; it is not a fixed technical term, but rather a generic adjective form shaped by German declension rules.

In language usage, gestoppte can appear frequently in journalism, manufacturing reports, and everyday speech to indicate that something that was previously active is no longer functioning or proceeding. Related forms include gestoppt (the past participle used as a predicate or in compound tenses) and stoppen (the verb). See also: stoppen, gestoppt.