Vorgelegter

Vorgelegter is the attributive form of the German past participle vorgelegt, derived from the verb vorlegen, meaning to present, submit, or lay before for consideration. As an adjective, vorgelegt describes something that has been submitted to an authority or decision-making body.

In usage, vorgelegter is most commonly attached to nouns that denote documents, proposals, or evidence. Typical combinations include ein vorgelegter Antrag (a submitted proposal), die vorgelegten Belege (the submitted documents), and der vorgelegte Bericht (the submitted report). The form changes according to gender, number, and case, following standard German adjective declension rules: with definite articles the endings are -e, -en, or -em depending on case; with no article, the endings vary by strong declension.

Contexts and nuance: vorgelegt conveys that the item has already been presented and is available for review or assessment. It is frequently used in legal, administrative, scholarly, and business communication to indicate status or provenance of materials under consideration.

Etymology and related forms: the term comes from vorlegen (to submit, to present) with the past participle prefix ge- to form vorgelegt. The related noun die Vorlage refers to the act of presenting or to the submitted document itself. In contrast, unvorgelegt or nicht vorgelegt would indicate something that has not yet been submitted.

See also: vorlegen, Vorlage, Beleg, Unterlage, Antrag.