gegliederter

Gegliederter is the masculine singular nominative form of the German adjective gegliedert, derived from the verb gliedern. It describes something that is divided into parts or segments, i.e., organized in a structured, multi-part way. The prefix ge- marks the past participle, and gegliedert is used attributively before a noun or in compound noun phrases.

In practice, gegliederter is used with standard German declension rules for adjectives. Examples include der gegliederte Aufbau (the segmented structure), ein gegliederter Text (a segmented text), and die gegliederten Abschnitte des Berichts (the segmented sections of the report). When no article is present, the form is gegliederter Aufbau in the masculine singular; in plural, die gegliederten Strukturen, die gegliederten Abschnitte, etc. In predicative position, the participle changes form to gegliedert: Der Plan ist gegliedert.

Gegliederter is common in technical, descriptive, and academic writing, where authors describe systems, texts, or objects that are explicitly divided into parts, components, or hierarchical levels. The term is typical in fields such as linguistics, information architecture, biology (segmented organisms or structures), and engineering, where clarity about subdivision is important.

Etymology and related terms: gegliedert comes from gliedern, meaning to divide into sections or to structure. Related words include Gliederung (outline or structure) and gegliedert (the predicate form). The concept contrasts with ungliedert (undivided or unsegmented), used to describe something without defined subdivisions.