festgestellter

Festgestellter is the attributive form of the past participle festgestellt, derived from feststellen, which means to determine, ascertain or establish. As an adjective, festgestellter is used before a noun to indicate that something has been established as a fact by examination, inquiry or decision. Commonly encountered nouns include der festgestellte Sachverhalt, ein festgestellter Mangel and das festgestellte Ergebnis.

Usage and context: The term appears mainly in formal, legal, administrative and audit-related texts, where facts are reported as having been verified. It emphasizes the status of findings as objective determinations rather than subjective statements. The gender and number of the attributive participle agree with the noun it modifies (festgestellter Mangel, festgestellte Tatsache, festgestelltes Ergebnis, festgestellte Tatsachen).

Semantics and relation to related terms: festgestellter expresses that something is established; it is related to feststellen (to determine) and feststellung (finding). It should not be confused with festgelegt (established as a rule) or festgestellt (the past participle used in predicate constructions, e.g., der Sachverhalt ist festgestellt).

Examples: Der festgestellte Mangel wurde behoben. Im Bericht wird der festgestellte Sachverhalt klar dargelegt. In der Prüfung wurden mehrere festgestellte Unregelmäßigkeiten dokumentiert.