gespürt

Gespürt is the past participle of the German verb spüren, meaning to sense, feel, or perceive. It denotes that a sensation or perception has been experienced by the subject, typically in perfect tenses with haben: Ich habe gespürt, dass etwas nicht stimmte.

Spüren covers both physical sensations and emotional or intuitive perceptions. Examples include: Ich habe den Schmerz im Rücken gespürt. Sie hat sofort gespürt, dass etwas nicht stimmte. Man kann auch sagen, man habe eine Kälte gespürt, wenn es frostig war. In literary or journalistic writing, gespürt can convey a sensed mood or atmosphere, though this use remains less common in everyday speech.

Grammatical notes: gespürt is the ordinary past participle formed regularly with spüren. It is used with the auxiliary haben to form perfect tenses (ich habe gespürt; er hatte gespürt). In most contexts it functions as a finite verb rather than as an adjective; attributive uses of gespürt as a true adjective are possible but comparatively rare and stylistic.

Synonyms and nuances: spüren is often contrasted with merken (to notice or realize) and fühlen (to feel emotionally or physically but with a slightly different emphasis). Spüren emphasizes immediate sensation or perception, while merken emphasizes cognitive awareness, and fühlen focuses more on emotional or bodily experience.

Overall, gespürt is a common, neutral term in German for indicating that a person has perceived or felt something, whether physical, perceptual, or psychological.