geschulten

Geschulten is the declined form of the German adjective geschult, meaning trained or educated. It is not a stand-alone noun; rather, it functions as an attributive adjective and agrees with the noun it modifies in gender, number, and case. The form geschulten typically appears when the adjective is used with definite determiners or in cases such as plural or dative, for example: die geschulten Mitarbeiter (the trained employees), mit geschulten Augen (with trained eyes), den geschulten Mitarbeitern (dative plural). In other contexts, other endings occur, such as das geschulte Personal (neuter singular) or die geschulten Mitarbeiter im Team.

Predicative use is with the base participle, not with the -en form: Die Mitarbeiter sind geschult. This indicates that the people have received training rather than describing them as a permanent quality in the attributive position.

Etymology and meaning: geschult derives from schulen, meaning to educate, train, or school. The term often appears in professional, educational, medical, and technical contexts to signal that individuals or groups have undergone formal training or possess specialized competence.

Usage notes: The nuance is that geschult emphasizes acquired skill or instructed capability rather than innate ability. It can describe people, processes, or tools that have been taught or prepared to perform specific tasks. Variants and inflections follow standard German adjective declension rules and depend on the article or determiner used and on whether the noun is singular or plural.

See also: Schule, Schulung, Weiterbildung.