eingeführt

Eingeführt is the past participle of the German verb einführen. It denotes that something has been brought into use or into a system, such as a policy, a rule, a technology, a currency, or a law. The term is used across administrative, legal, business, and journalistic contexts to indicate that an element has been started or made operative.

As an attributive or predicative participle, eingeführt can modify a noun or appear in verb phrases. In active voice: Die Regierung hat eine neue Steuer eingeführt. In passive constructions: Eine neue Steuer wurde eingeführt. This versatility makes eingeführt common in reporting and formal writing, where the emphasis is on the action of bringing something into effect rather than on who performed it.

Etymology and sense evolution: einzführen combines the prefix ein-, meaning into or inward, with führen, ‘to lead’ or ‘to bring’. Originally conveying the idea of bringing something into a system or place, the sense broadened to mean introducing or implementing new measures, techniques, or instruments in various fields.

See also: einführen, eingeführt (related forms), Einführung (noun meaning introduction or implementation). The word remains a standard term in German for describing the initiation of new practices, laws, technologies, or standards.