eingekauften

Eingekauften is the inflected form of the past participle eingekauft, stemming from the verb einkaufen. It functions as an attributive adjective meaning bought or purchased, used to describe nouns that have been acquired by purchase. The bare participle eingekauft is used in verb forms (Ich habe eingekauft), while eingekauften appears when the participle is declined to agree with a noun in number, gender and case.

Declension and typical forms:

- Die eingekauften Waren (nominative plural)

- Der eingekaufte Mann (nominative masculine singular)

- Den eingekauften Mann (accusative masculine singular)

These patterns show that the ending -en in eingekauften appears in plural or in the masculine accusative singular after a definite article.

Usage and nuance:

- In everyday language, the predicative form eingekauft is more common, e.g., Die Waren wurden eingekauft.

- Eingekauften as an attributive adjective is used to specify the goods or persons involved as having been bought, as in die eingekauften Waren or der eingekaufte Mann.

- In political or media discourse, eingekauften can appear in phrases like eingekaufte Politiker to describe individuals perceived to be influenced or bought.

Related terms:

- einkaufen: the verb “to shop” or “to purchase.”

- eingekauft: the standard past participle used in finite verb forms.

- gekaufte Waren: a more neutral synonym focusing on the result of the purchase rather than the process.