Nichtverwendung

NichtVerwendung is a German compound noun formed from nicht (not) and Verwendung (use). In German-language documentation and discussions it is used to indicate the absence of use, disablement, or non-utilization of a component, resource, or data. The term is not tied to a single formal standard and often appears in project-specific glossaries, configuration schemas, or policy texts.

Etymology and variants: The term follows standard German noun formation, with capital V in the middle as part of a camel-case spelling common in software naming. Variants include Nicht-Verwendung or Nichtverwendung; capitalization patterns vary by context.

Usage: In software and data management contexts, NichtVerwendung may label features, fields, or data sets that should not be used, are deprecated, or are reserved for future reactivation. A field marked with NichtVerwendung is typically ignored by processing logic and may be excluded from user interfaces. In documentation, it can describe a policy that prohibits use of a resource for compliance or privacy reasons. In linguistics or language policy discussions, it can be used descriptively to denote the non-use of a particular form or term.

Limitations: NichtVerwendung is not an established technical standard; its meaning is determined by its domain-specific documentation and may be ambiguous outside a defined glossary.

See also: Nichtgebrauch, Nichtnutzung, Deaktivierung, Deaktivierte Funktionen.