gespendeten

Gespendeten is the declined form of the German past participle gespendet, from the verb spenden ("to donate"). As a participle it appears both in perfect tense constructions (Er hat Kleidung gespendet) and as an attributive adjective qualifying nouns (die gespendeten Kleidungsstücke). The basic past participle form is gespendet; gespendeten reflects inflection for gender, number and case (for example: ein gespendetes Buch, eine gespendete Tasche, die gespendeten Bücher, von den gespendeten Mitteln).

Grammatically, gespendeten follows German adjective declension patterns. After a definite article it typically takes weak endings (die gespendeten Sachen), after an indefinite article or no article it shows strong or mixed endings depending on syntactic context (gespendete Kleidung, ein gespendetes Kleid). As part of verbal constructions it combines with auxiliary verbs to form perfect or passive forms (Die Kleidung ist gespendet worden).

In usage gespendeten commonly describes items, money, blood, organs or time given voluntarily to charitable causes or individuals (gespendete Gelder, gespendetes Blut, gespendete Organe). It appears in reporting, charity communications and legal or medical contexts where donated goods or services are referenced.

Related terms include spenden (verb), Spende (noun, "donation") and Spender (donor). Understanding gespendeten requires familiarity with German participle formation and adjective declension.