Gesunden

Gesunden is a declined form of the German adjective gesund, meaning healthy or in good health. It is not a standalone term with a separate meaning; rather, it is one of the inflected forms the adjective takes when modifying a noun in German grammar. Its use is limited to attributive positions, where the adjective directly precedes the noun.

Gesunden appears in contexts requiring the weak or mixed declension after determiners such as der, die, das, ein, or ein possessive. Examples include den gesunden Mann (masculine singular, accusative) and dem gesunden Mann (masculine singular, dative), as well as die gesunden Männer (plural, nominative or accusative) and den gesunden Männern (plural, dative). It also occurs after an indefinite article: einen gesunden Mann (masculine singular, accusative). In contrast, neuter singular often uses gesundes in similar positions, as in das gesunde Kind, and feminine forms use gesunde, as in die gesunde Frau or eine gesunde Frau.

Gesunden is not used in predicative positions after linking verbs. For example, in the sentence Der Mann ist gesund, the predicate adjective remains gesund rather than gesunden. The form gesunden primarily reflects the gender, number, and case combination of the noun it modifies, highlighting how German adjective declension operates with definite or indefinite determiners and plural nouns.

In summary, gesunden is the masculine singular accusative/dative and plural ending of gesund, and it illustrates the broader patterns of attributive adjective endings in German.