gelagert

Gelagert is the past participle of the German verb lagern, which means to store, keep in a place, or to camp in a military sense. As an adjective, gelagert describes something that has been stored or deposited and remains in that state. The form is used in everyday language, logistics, archives and technical literature. In perfect tenses it takes the auxiliary haben, for example: Die Kartoffeln sind gut gelagert, oder Ich habe die Waren gelagert.

In everyday use, gelagert refers to goods, foods or materials kept for later use, usually in warehouses, cellars or storage rooms. It can also indicate that a substance has been deposited at a particular location, a sense that finds specific use in technical or scientific contexts.

In geology and related fields, gelagert is used to describe materials that were deposited by natural processes and are part of a sedimentary sequence or rock formation. In this sense, substances are considered gelagert when they have been laid down and incorporated into a deposit rather than existing as loose or mobile material. The term thus conveys both the act of deposition and the resulting placement in a geological context.

The word is neutral and widely applicable. Its precise meaning depends on context: storage and preservation in everyday language, or deposition and placement in scientific descriptions. Related terms include lagern (to store), Lagerung (storage) and abgelagert (deposited, laid down). Gelagert is most often used as an adjective or as the past participle in compound tenses.