abgebildetes

Abgebildetes is a form derived from the German verb abbilden, meaning to depict, illustrate, or render. In standard usage abgebildet is the past participle, and abgebildetes can function as a nominalized neuter noun phrase meaning the depicted thing, or as an attributive adjective describing a noun that has been depicted; for example abgebildetes Bild or abgebildete Darstellung. The common noun form is das Abgebildete, which refers to whatever is shown in an image, photograph, diagram, or map.

Grammatical notes: as an adjective, abgebildet agrees with the noun in gender, number, and case (das abgebildete Bild; die abgebildeten Bilder; dem abgebildeten Objekt). When nominalized, Abgebildetes or das Abgebildete is used with articles depending on case, most often das Abgebildete in the singular and die Abgebildeten in the plural.

Usage: in image catalogs, catalog entries, and metadata, Abgebildetes denotes the depicted content rather than the medium itself. It can help distinguish between the depicted object and the medium, for example Abgebildetes Objekt: eine Statue or Abgebildete Personen: drei Kinder. In scholarly or archival contexts the term is commonly used alongside Abbildung, Abbildungsmaterial, and Bildbeschreibung.

See also: Abbilden, Abbildung, Darstellung, Bild, Bildunterschrift. Abgebildetes is not a separate lexical item with a fixed meaning beyond this descriptive use; it is a grammatical form that signals depiction in visual media.