Verknüpfte

Verknüpfte is the past participle of the German verb verknüpfen, used as an adjective meaning linked or connected. In ordinary prose it is declined like a regular adjective: das verknüpfte Netzwerk (neuter singular, after a definite article); verknüpfte Netzwerke (neuter plural); eine verknüpfte Beziehung (feminine singular). Predicatively, one would normally use verknüpft: Die Netzwerke sind verknüpft.

In technical and academic contexts the term describes items that have been joined or related by a link or relationship. Examples include verknüpfte Tabellen or verknüpfte Datensätze in relationalen Datenbanken, indicating records that are connected through keys or foreign relations. In the field of Linked Data and the semantic web, verknüpfte Daten can refer to data connected by standardized identifiers and RDF links. In linguistics or discourse analysis, verknüpfte Sätze or verknüpfte Aussagen may describe sentences or propositions that are connected by conjunctions, relations, or discourse markers.

Etymology and usage notes: Verknüpfen is formed with the inseparable prefix ver-, and the past participle is verknüpft, with the attributive form verknüpfte. The word is normally lowercase when used as an adjective in standard prose; capitalized Verknüpfte would typically indicate a title or nominalization. Related terms include Verknüpfung (link, connection) and Verknüpfen (to link).