fertige

Fertige is an inflected form of the German adjective fertig, meaning finished or ready. In standard usage, ferti g describes objects that have been completed or prepared. The form fertige appears most commonly in attributive position when the noun is preceded by a definite article or another determiner that triggers weak adjective declension: der fertige Mann, die fertige Frau, das fertige Produkt. In the plural, the attributive form with a definite article becomes die fertigen Waren.

When used with an indefinite article or without an article in strong declension, the ending differs. For example, ein fertiges Produkt uses the neuter singular ending -es, and fertige Ware can appear without an article in contexts such as "fertige Ware" (finished goods). The exact ending thus depends on number, gender, case, and article.

Fertige also appears in compound phrases and marketing language to describe goods that have been completed and are ready for sale or use. In predicative constructions, the adjective typically appears in the base form fertig rather than fertige: Das Produkt ist fertig.

Etymology traces fertig to the Germanic roots of “finish” or “complete,” and fertige reflects standard German adjective inflection. While fertige is a common grammatical form, it is not a separate concept or proper name; it is primarily a linguistic form used to describe the state of a noun in German.