fertiggestellt

Fertiggestellt is the past participle of the German verb fertigstellen, meaning to complete or to bring to a finished state. It can function as a verb form in perfect tenses or as an adjective describing something that has reached its completed state.

Etymology: The word is formed from fertig (ready, finished) and stellen (to place or set), conveying the sense of placing something in a finished state. The noun for the process is Fertigstellung.

Usage: The term is common in fields such as construction, manufacturing, software development, and publishing to indicate completion. Examples include: Das Bauwerk ist fertiggestellt. (The building is completed.) Das Projekt wurde fertiggestellt. (The project was completed.) Die Software ist fertiggestellt und bereit zur Auslieferung. (The software is completed and ready for delivery.) In formal reporting and press releases, fertiggestellt often appears in statements about milestones and statuses.

Grammar: As a participle, fertiggestellt can be used predicatively or attributively. Predicatively: Das Gebäude ist fertiggestellt. Attributively: ein fertiggestelltes Werk. For perfect tenses, the auxiliary is typically haben (das Produkt hat fertiggestellt). In the passive, forms such as wurde fertiggestellt or ist fertiggestellt (to express a current state) are also possible.

Related terms: Fertigstellung (the completion process or the state of being finished). Synonyms include abgeschlossen, beendet, vollendet, finalisiert.

Translation: In English, fertiggestellt is typically rendered as “completed,” “finished,” or “finalized,” depending on context.