Verursachtes

Verursachtes is a German attributive adjective form derived from the past participle ver ursacht (from ver ursachen, to cause). It is used before neuter singular nouns to express that the noun is “caused” or “the thing that has been caused.” The form appears in contexts where the noun stands without a definite article or with an indefinite article, such as ein verursach tes Ereignis. With a definite article the standard form is das verursachte Ereignis; with other cases the endings adjust like other adjectives.

In use, ver ursachtes communicates a descriptive relation rather than naming the cause itself. It often appears in technical, legal, or analytical text to characterize events, conditions, or outcomes as having been produced by some antecedent factor. For example, ein verursachtes Problem refers to a problem that was caused by a prior condition, while ein verursachtes Ereignis denotes an event that occurred as a result of other factors. The nuance is descriptive rather than value-laden, focusing on the fact of causation.

Capitalization and related forms: ver ursachtes is simply the lowercase adjective form. A nominalized form exists as Das Verursachte (capital V) when the phrase is treated as a noun, meaning “the caused thing” or “the thing that is caused,” though this noun usage is relatively uncommon and context dependent. Related terms include Verursachung (causation), Verursacher (causer), and verur-sachen (to cause).

See also: Verursachung, Verursacher, Verursachungsbegriff.