gebohrte

Gebohrte is the attributive form of the German past participle gebohrt, derived from the verb bohren, meaning to drill. It functions as an adjective meaning “drilled” or “bored,” describing objects that have undergone drilling. The base participle gebohrt forms other tenses with auxiliary verbs (for example, Das Loch ist gebohrt; Das Loch wurde gebohrt).

In technical and scientific contexts, gebohrte is commonly used to describe features such as holes, samples, or cores: gebohrte Öffnung (drilled opening), gebohrte Löcher (drilled holes), gebohrte Proben or gebohrter Bohrkern (drilled core sample). In geology, archaeology, and manufacturing, the term specifies that a hole or sample was produced by a drilling operation.

Grammatical notes: gebohrte can be used attributively without a determiner in feminine singular or in plural: eine gebohrte Öffnung, gebohrte Löcher. After a definite article it becomes die gebohrten Öffnungen, in the plural. Neuter forms use gebohrtes in neuter singular: ein gebohrtes Loch. Predicative usage is common as in Das Loch ist gebohrt.

Etymology and related terms: the form is created with the ge- prefix plus the past participle bohren. Related words include Bohrer (drill), Bohrung (drilling, borehole), and Bohrkern (core sample). English equivalents are drilled or bored, depending on context.