Identifizierter

Identifizierter is a German word formed as the attributive form of the past participle of identifizieren (to identify). It denotes that someone or something has been identified, typically by authorities, researchers, or other actors. In practice it appears in legal reports, policing, journalism, and data labeling to describe a person or object that has undergone identification.

Grammatically, identifizierter is an attributive adjective. Its ending changes with gender, number, case, and article. Examples: der identifizierte Täter (masculine singular, definite article); ein identifizierter Täter (masculine singular, indefinite); die identifizierte Täterin (feminine singular); das identifizierte Opfer (neuter singular); die identifizierten Täter (plural). Without a definite article the endings vary as well depending on the case. The predicative form after sein is typically identifiziert: Der Täter ist identifiziert.

The word can also be used as a noun in the form Identifizierte or Der Identifizierte when referring to the identified person, but this nominal use is less common and context-dependent.

Etymologically, identifizierter derives from identifizieren, with the adjectival/participial suffixing that yields an attributive adjective. Related terms include Identifikation (identification), Identität (identity), and Identifizierungsprozess (identification process).