Geteilte

Geteilte is a German word functioning as an adjective derived from the verb teilen, meaning to divide or to share. The participle form is geteilt, and in attributive or predicative use it appears as geteilte or geteilt depending on the surrounding grammar. In practice, geteilte describes something that has been divided or distributed, or something that is shared among parties, such as opinions, resources, or responsibilities.

In use, geteilte is most commonly seen in phrases describing distributed or divided outcomes. Examples include: eine geteilte Meinung (a divided opinion), eine geteilte Verantwortung (shared responsibility), oder die Meinungen sind geteilt (the opinions are divided). Plural forms follow standard German inflection: die geteilten Meinungen (with a definite article) and einige geteilte Meinungen (with a quantitative determiner). In sentence position, geteilte can appear as an attributive adjective before nouns or as part of a predicate adjective, as in Die Meinungen sind geteilt.

The term is widely used in media, politics, and sociology to convey partial or nonuniform consensus. It is also found in discussions of social cohesion, where a geteilte Gesellschaft describes a society characterized by partisan divides or unequal resource distribution. While geteilte often carries a neutral descriptive sense, it can also signal disagreement or contested outcomes depending on context.

See also: teilen, geteilt, geteilte Meinungen, geteilte Gesellschaft. Note that geteilte is not a proper noun or standalone title; it is a grammatical form of a common German verb.