bedruckt

Bedruckt is a German adjective and the past participle form of the verb bedrucken, meaning “printed” or “imprinted.” It denotes surfaces that carry a design, pattern, text, or image produced by printing or pressing.

The noun Bedruckung refers to the act of printing or the resulting print. In everyday usage, bedruckt describes textiles, paper, packaging and other materials that bear typography or decorations, and is frequently used in commercial and design contexts.

Usage in sentences is typically attributive or predicative. As an adjective, it appears before the noun: bedruckte Kleidung (printed clothing), bedruckter Stoff (printed fabric). Predicative use is common: Das T-Shirt ist bedruckt. The passive voice can express ongoing or completed printing: Das T-Shirt wird bedruckt; Das T-Shirt ist bedruckt worden.

Origins and related terms: bedrucken is formed from der Druck (print, pressure) with the prefix be-, indicating the action of applying a print to a surface. It is closely related to gedruckt, a more general term for printed materials produced through standard printing processes.

In practice, bedruckt emphasizes the presence of a design rather than the printing method itself, making it a standard term in fashion, packaging, and graphic design. See also Druck (print), Bedruckung (printing process), and Gedruckt (printed).