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gestellter

Gestellter is a German term that does not denote a distinct standalone concept in standard reference works. It is primarily a grammatical form—an attributive adjective or participle form related to the verb stellen (to place, to set) or to the noun Gestell (frame, stance, or arrangement). In everyday German, you are unlikely to encounter gestellter as a fixed lexical entry; it appears mainly within phrases where it describes something that has been placed, arranged, or established. For example, in theory or literary usage one might encounter a phrase like gestellter Rahmen, meaning a frame that has been set up, though more common wording would often use other constructions.

In philosophy and German-language scholarship, the capitalized noun Gestell has a separate significance. The term Gestell,

See also: Gestell; Heidegger; German grammar; participles.

central
to
Martin
Heidegger’s
later
thought,
denotes
the
general
framework
or
enframing
through
which
technology
orders
beings
as
standing-reserve.
This
substantive
concept
is
distinct
from
the
informal,
grammatical
uses
of
gestellter
and
is
typically
discussed
under
the
topics
of
Heidegger,
ontology,
and
philosophy
of
technology.
The
relation
between
gestellter
and
Gestell
lies
in
their
common
root
verb
and
noun,
but
they
occupy
different
linguistic
and
conceptual
spaces:
gestellter
as
a
descriptive
form
in
German
grammar,
Gestell
as
a
key
philosophical
term.