gespeicherter

Gespeicherter is the attributive form of the past participle gespeichert, derived from the verb speichern (to store, to save). In German, participles used as adjectives describe a noun as having been stored or saved. As an attributive adjective, gespeicherter flexes for gender, number, and case and is typically found directly before a noun.

Etymology and grammar: gespeicherter comes from speichern with the prefix ge- forming the past participle gespeichert, which then takes adjective endings when used in front of a noun. The form shown here is masculine singular nominative. Other inflections include feminine singular gespeicherte, neuter singular gespeichertes, and plural forms such as gespeicherten (with definite article) or gespeicherte (without article or in plural).

Usage: gespeicherter is common in technical and everyday language to indicate that data, states, or objects have been stored. Examples include: der gespeicherte Wert (the stored value), die gespeicherte Datei (the stored file), das gespeicherte Modell (the stored model). With indefinite articles: ein gespeicherter Wert, eine gespeicherte Datei, ein gespeichertes Modell. In plural: die gespeicherten Werte, die gespeicherten Dateien.

Notes: gespeicherter does not function as a predicative attribute in a sentence with sein or werden; in such positions the verb form gespeichert or other constructions is used (z. B. Der Zustand ist gespeichert). The term is primarily a grammatical form rather than a standalone lexical item, and its exact ending varies with gender, number, and case.

See also: speichern, gespeichertes, Partizip II, Adjektivdeklination.