Gewonnenen

Gewonnenen is a form of the German past participle gewonnen (to win) that functions as an adjective when it modifies a noun. It is not a separate verb, but a declined form used in certain grammatical contexts. The base participle gewonnen is combined with endings to indicate gender, number and case, and the ending -en appears in several common scenarios.

In practice, gewonnenen occurs most often in declension after definite determiners. For example, in masculine singular accusative you say den gewonnenen Preis (the won prize). In plural, after a definite article, the adjective takes the same -en ending: die gewonnenen Preise (the won prizes). Other definite-case forms include der gewonnenen Preise (dative plural) and der gewonnenen Preise (genitive plural). The general pattern is that, after a definite determiner, adjectives in plural and in certain singular cases use the ending -en.

With other determiners, endings differ. For example, with an indefinite article in neuter singular you would use ein gewonnenes Spiel (a won game); in many feminine or other singular forms the endings are different as well. Without a determiner, or with strong declension, you would typically see andere endings or the base form depending on the case and gender.

As a noun, the participle itself is usually capitalized as das Gewonnene to mean “the winnings” or “the thing that was won,” whereas wonnen without capitalization does not function as a noun.

Gewonnenen is thus a morphologically conditioned form used to express that something has been won, aligning the adjective with the noun it describes in grammatical case, number and gender. Related terms include gewinnen (to win), Gewinn (gain), and Gewinner (winner).