durchgestrichener

Durchgestrichener is a German adjective form meaning “one that has been crossed out” or “struck through,” derived from the verb durchstreichen, to draw a line through text to indicate deletion or revision. The base participle durchgestrichen is used in compound forms, and when it appears before a masculine singular noun in attributive position it takes the ending durchgestrichener, as in ein durchgestrichener Text or ein durchgestrichener Satz.

Grammatically, durchgestrichener is a participial adjective. It inflects like a regular attributive adjective in German, with endings influenced by gender and case. Examples include der durchgestrichene Text (masculine, nominative, definite article), ein durchgestrichener Text (masculine, nominative, indefinite article), die durchgestrichene Notiz (feminine, nominative), and das durchgestrichene Zeichen (neuter, nominative). In other cases and with other articles, endings adjust accordingly (z. B. eines durchgestrichenen Textes, einem durchgestrichenen Satz).

Usage and context vary by domain. In editing and proofreading, ein durchgestrichener Text marks deletions or revised passages, allowing revisions to be tracked while preserving context. In publishing and typography, the term describes text physically or visually presented with a horizontal line through it. In digital media, equivalent concepts are expressed with strikethrough formatting, such as HTML tags (s, del) or Markdown syntax (~~text~~), which serve the same purpose of indicating removal or obsolescence.

In summary, durchgestrichener denotes text that has been crossed out, functioning as a grammatically inflected participial adjective used to describe such material in German.