abgefragten

Abgefragt or abgefragten is a German participle form of the verb abfragen, meaning to query, request information, or survey. It is used as an adjective to describe data, information, or persons that have been asked or retrieved. The specific form abgefragten appears in various inflected shapes depending on case, gender, and number.

As an attributive adjective with a definite article, abgefragten takes the -en ending in many common plural and feminine-genitive contexts. Examples: die abgefragten Daten (the queried data, plural); den abgefragten Daten (dative plural); der abgefragten Frage (genitive feminine singular). In feminine singular nominative, the form is abgefragte: die abgefragte Frage.

In ordinary sentences using the perfect or passive voice, the past participle abgefragt is used: Die Daten wurden abgefragt (the data were queried).

Abgefragte can also function as a noun when capitalized, referring to people who have been asked or surveyed. The plural form is Abgefragte, while the singular forms include der Abgefragte (masculine) and die Abgefragte (feminine). Die Abgefragten gaben vollständige Antworten.

Usage notes: The distinction between abgefragt (past participle) and abgefragten (attributive adjective form) depends on syntactic position. Abgefragten occurs when the participle is declined as an adjective within a noun phrase, whereas abgefragt is used as the verb-participle in periphrastic tenses or passive constructions. Abgefragte as a noun emphasizes the group of people who were asked.