Gewählt

Gewählt is the past participle of the German verb wählen, meaning to choose or to elect. It is used in various verb forms and also as an adjective. As a verb form, it appears with the auxiliary haben to create perfect tenses (Ich habe gewählt). In the simple past, the forms are ich wählte, du wähltest, er/sie/es wählte. The passive voice is formed with werden (Der Präsident wurde gewählt).

As an adjective, gewählt means "elected" or "chosen" and normally precedes a noun: der gewählte Präsident, die gewählte Regierung. The plural Gewählte can refer to the people who have been elected, for example die Gewählten im Parlament. The participle can also occur in predicative position in some contexts, though passive constructions with wurden are more common for explicit statements of process.

In political and social language, gewählt contrasts with ausgewählt. Gewählt typically denotes an outcome of a vote (to be elected by voters), while ausgewählt suggests a more deliberate or internal selection from a set, not necessarily by a public vote. The noun Wahl denotes the act of voting, Wahlkampf refers to the campaign, and Wähler are voters.

Etymologically, wählen comes from the Germanic family of words for choosing, with cognates in Dutch kiezen and Swedish välja; related terms in English include choose. Gewählt is thus a standard form in contemporary German for describing the result of voting or selection.