abgeschickt

Abgeschickt is a German adjective and past participle formed from the verb abschicken, meaning to send off or dispatch. It denotes that an item has been sent to a destination or left the sender's control, and that the sending action is complete. The term is commonly used for postal items, parcels, and digital communications such as emails or online forms.

Originating from ab- (away) and schicken (to send), abschicken describes the release of an object from the sender toward a recipient. The form abgeschickt conforms to standard German past participle patterns for separable prefix verbs.

In everyday usage, "abgeschickt" is often used in user interfaces and confirmations to indicate that a message or submission has left the sender's system. It does not by itself guarantee delivery or successful receipt by the recipient; that status may be shown as "zugestellt" (delivered) or "empfangen" (received) in more formal contexts. In postal or logistics contexts, synonyms such as "verschickt" or "verschickte Sendung" may be used depending on the channel and formality.

Related terms include abgesendet, gesendet, and versandt, which share the general sense of sending but carry slightly different connotations. "Abschicken" is the verb associated with sending off; "Absendung" or "Versand" refer to the act of dispatch or the process as a whole.

Usage may vary by region and register. In digital forms, "abgeschickt" is a common status label in German-language interfaces.

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