ausgekleidete

Ausgekleidete is a German attributive participial adjective formed from the verb auskleiden, which generally means to undress someone or to dress someone’s clothing. The word describes a subject that has had its clothes removed, i.e., being undressed. As an adjective it is declined like other participles: das ausgekleidete Kind (neuter singular nominative), die ausgekleidete Dame (feminine singular nominative), die ausgekleideten Gäste (plural nominative). In sentences it can also appear in predicative position: Die Patientin ist ausgekleidet.

Grammatical and usage notes: Ausgekleidete is most commonly used in formal, medical, theater, or literary contexts where the act of undressing is described as a completed state. In everyday speech people more often use ausziehen (to take off clothes) or simply say someone is nackt (naked). The form is derived from auskleiden with the usual German adjective endings, so its ending changes according to case, number, and gender.

Etymology: The term comes from aus- (out, off) + kleiden (to clothe), with the past participle ausgekleidet. When used attributively before a noun, it takes the ending appropriate to the noun’s gender and case (e.g., die ausgekleidete Dame, das ausgekleidete Kind, die ausgekleideten Gäste).

See also: ausziehen, entkleiden, nackt.