festgelegten

Festgelegten is the declined form of the German past participle festgelegt, used as an adjective meaning fixed, established, or predetermined. The base verb festlegen means to decide, set, or determine, and festgelegt functions as a descriptor of something that has been decided in advance or is made definite by rules, contracts, or schedules.

As an attributive adjective, festgelegten is declined according to gender, number, and case. After definite determiners, the endings follow standard German adjective declension patterns. For example: die festgelegten Regeln (the established rules, nominative plural), der festgelegte Plan (the set plan, nominative masculine singular), des festgelegten Plans (the set plan, genitive masculine singular). In other cases you will encounter forms such as der festgelegten Regel (dative feminine singular) or dem festgelegten Zeitraum (dative masculine/neuter plural variants), reflecting the typical patterns of adjective endings after definite articles.

Usage in German tends to emphasize that something has been determined by an authority, contract, policy, or timetable. It frequently appears in legal, regulatory, and planning contexts, as well as in everyday language when indicating that conditions, dates, or criteria are fixed or specified in advance. It is commonly paired with nouns like Bedingungen, Termine, Preise, or Kriterien.

In predicate position, the past participle without attributive inflection is festgelegt: Die Termine sind festgelegt. This contrasts with the attributive form festgelegten used before a noun. Related terms include Festlegung (the act of specifying or fixing) and festlegen (to determine or establish).