flektierter

Flektierter is a German linguistic term meaning inflected. It describes a word form that bears grammatical endings showing features such as case, number, and gender for nouns and pronouns, or person and tense for verbs, as part of the broader concept of flexion (Deklination and Konjugation). The word flektiert is the past participle form, and flektierter is the attributive form used to describe a noun phrase that has undergone inflection.

In practice, flektiert forms apply to nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and verbs. Nouns are flektiert for case and number (such as der Hund vs. des Hundes). Verbs are flektiert for person, number, and tense (such as geht, ging, gegangen). Adjectives take flektierte endings depending on declension patterns (for example, groß becomes großer Hund or große Häuser in different grammatical contexts). The general opposite is unflektiert or uninflected, referring to a base form without endings.

Examples help illustrate the usage. The noun Hund has the flektierte genitive form Hundes, so Hundes is a flektierte Form. The verb gehen has flektierte Formen like geht and ging. The adjective groß shows flektierte endings in phrases such as großer Hund or große Häuser. These forms reflect the grammatical role of the word in a sentence.

Notes: the term flektierter is mainly descriptive and used in linguistic discussions. In everyday German, speakers more commonly refer to inflected forms or the process of Flexion rather than labeling individual forms as flektiert. See also Flexion, Deklination, Konjugation.