gestauchte

Gestauchte is an adjective form in German, derived from the verb stauchen, which means to compress, squeeze, or press together. As a past participle used attributively or predicatively, gestauchte describes something that has undergone compression or deformation due to pressure. The term is common in technical and scientific contexts, but can also appear in everyday language when something has been physically compacted or squeezed.

Grammatically, gestauchte functions as the feminine singular nominative form of gestaucht when used attributively before a noun (die gestauchte Ware). It inflects according to gender, number, and case, with typical endings such as gestauchter, gestauches, gestauchten in other forms. The related noun form is Stauchung or Verdichtung, referring to the act or process of compression.

Usage and contexts include physics, engineering, geology, and biology, where materials, volumes, or structures are described as compressed or compacted. Examples include gestauchte Luft in a high-pressure chamber, gestauchte Wände in a constrained space, or gestauchte Zellen under osmotic stress. In everyday language, gestaucht contrasts with ungestaucht (not compressed) and is often superseded by more common terms like komprimiert or verdichtet in non-technical prose.

See also: stauchen, Stauchung, Verdichtung, Kompression, Druck.