Herausgegebene

Herausgegebene is the attributive form of the past participle herausgegeben of the German verb herausgeben, meaning to publish or edit a work. As an adjective, it indicates that something has been curated, edited, and issued by a person or a publishing house. In practice the word appears especially in bibliographic and editorial contexts, describing editions, collections, or texts that have been prepared by editors.

Grammatically, herausgegebene is an inflected adjective. With a definite determiner: der herausgegebene Band, die herausgegebene Ausgabe, das herausgegebene Manuskript. With an indefinite determiner: ein herausgegebener Text. Without a determiner: herausgegebene Texte (plural). The plural and gender forms follow standard German adjective declension rules after determiners or before a noun.

Usage and contexts: The term is common in library catalogs, bibliographies, and scholarly editions to signal editorial work and compilation rather than merely printing. It often appears in phrases like die herausgegebene Ausgabe, die von X herausgegeben wurde, oder herausgegebene Sammlungen von Briefen. It can also describe an edition as a product of editors’ contributions, for example in academic references or on book covers.

Notes on nuance: Herausgegebene emphasizes editorial curation (selection, annotation, introduction) and publication by a specific editor or publisher, contrasting with allgemein verlagert oder gedruckt, which may focus more on production rather than editorial shaping. The term is commonly paired with Auflage or Edition, as in die fünfte herausgegebene Auflage.