gegebenen

Gegebenen is the inflected form of the German adjective gegeb en, derived from the past participle gegeben of the verb geben (to give). When gegeb en is used attributively as an adjective, it agrees with the noun in gender, number, and case. After definite determiners (the, dieser, jener, etc.), adjectives take weak endings; gegebenen is the form that appears in many plural and dative contexts.

In practice, geben–gefahren forms appear in numerous everyday and formal contexts. Examples include: Die gegebenen Umstände erforderten eine neue Planung (the given circumstances, nominative plural); Den gegebenen Umständen entsprechend handelten wir (in accordance with the given circumstances, dative plural); Dem gegebenen Mann wurde geholfen (help was given to the man, dative singular masculine); Der gegebenen Frau wurde geholfen (help was given to the woman, dative singular feminine); Im gegebenen Fall gelten besondere Vorschriften (in the given case, dative singular masculine). The form also appears in other plural and dative constructions with the definite article, reflecting the general rule that after a definite determiner, the adjective takes the -en ending in most cases.

Gegebenen is also encountered in fixed phrases. A common verbal adverbial use is im gegebenen Fall, meaning “in the given case.” In legal and formal writing, the phrase gegebenenfalls is often used as a separate adverb meaning “if necessary,” illustrating how the root gegeb en remains productive in German word formation.

Summary: gegebenen is not a standalone noun but a grammatical form of the participle gegeb en, used as a descriptive adjective after definite determiners. Its exact ending reflects case, number, and gender, with -en being common in the dative and plural contexts.