geflogener

Geflogener is a German adjective formed from the verb fliegen (to fly) via the past participle geflogen. It is used to describe something that has completed a flight or is related to flight. In grammar, geflogener is the masculine nominative singular attributive form; the participle can be declined like a typical adjective with article endings: feminine singular geflogene, neuter singular geflogenes, plural geflogene (with appropriate article endings). Examples include der geflogene Vogel, die geflogene Route, das geflogene Ziel; with indefinite article: ein geflogenes Ziel; with definite article in plural: die geflogenen Vögel.

Usage and nuance: Geflogener appears mainly in descriptive or technical writing, such as aviation reports, wildlife descriptions, or literary prose that emphasizes flight. It is not common in everyday speech, and it is distinct from geflogen, the standard past participle used as a predicate (Der Vogel ist geflogen). Geflogener is typically used only before a noun (attributive position) rather than as a standalone predicate.

Related terms: Geflogener should not be confused with geflügelt or geflügeln, which relate to wings or being winged. It is also distinct from the common past participle geflogen, which functions as the passive or perfect form of fliegen. As a modifier, geflogener emphasizes the completed act of flight in a descriptive sense.