eingerückte

Eingerückte is a participial adjective form in German, derived from the verb einrücken. It is used to describe something that has been pushed inward, set back, or indented relative to a reference line or surface. The form is most common in technical and descriptive contexts and can function attributively or predicatively.

In typography and layout, eingerückt describes indentation, where a line or paragraph begins further to the right than the main text. Phrases such as eine eingerückte Zeile or ein eingerückter Absatz are typical. The concept is closely linked to the term Einzug, which denotes the overall indentation in a document.

In architecture, design, and urban planning, eingerückt can describe elements that are recessed or set back from a façade or street line, for example eine eingerückte Fassade or ein eingerücktes Fenster. The term can also apply to physical features like recessed niches or doors.

Grammatically, eingerückte is the attributive form of the past participle eingerückt, used with gender and number to agree with the noun: feminine singular and neuter singular typically take eingerückte (eine eingerückte Zeile, das eingerückte Fenster), masculine singular uses eingerückter (ein eingerückter Absatz), and plural uses eingerückte or eingerückten forms depending on case and article (die eingerückten Zeilen).

Etymology-wise, it comes from prefix ein- (inward) + Rücken (to move or push). Related terms include Einzug, Einrückung, and terminology variants in typography and architecture.