beabsichtigt

Beabsichtigt is a German word that functions as the past participle of the verb beabsichtigen and as an attributive or predicative adjective meaning intended or deliberate. The verb beabsichtigen means to intend, to have as a goal, or to plan to do something; its past participle beabsichtigt is used to form perfect tenses with haben (Ich habe beabsichtigt, …). The participle can also modify nouns as an attributive adjective: eine beabsichtigte Maßnahme; in predicate position: Die Maßnahme war beabsichtigt.

Etymologically, beabsichtigen is built with the prefix be- added to Absicht (intention). The result expresses not merely a general aim but a directed plan or intention toward a specific action. In everyday language it is common in written and formal speech, but it also appears in journalism and official documents to indicate that something was planned or intended.

Usage notes and distinctions: beabsichtigt describes intended outcomes or planned actions. It is often contrasted with absichtlich, which more strongly conveys deliberate, consciously aimed behavior, sometimes with a sense of fault or culpability. In many contexts, beabsichtigt signals planning or goal orientation rather than the moral nuance of intentional action associated with absichtlich.

Examples: Die Regierung beabsichtigt, die Steuern zu senken. Die beabsichtigte Änderung soll die Effizienz erhöhen. In legal or formal texts one might read: Der beabsichtigte Zweck der Maßnahme war die Stabilisierung des Marktes.

See also: Absicht (intention), absichtlich (deliberate), beabsichtigen (to intend).