gesuchten

Gesuchten is a German word form derived from the verb suchen (to search, to seek). The basic past participle is gescu... wait, geschehen? No, gesamt. The correct base participle is gesu...tra. In practice, gesuchten is not a separate verb but the inflected form of the participle gesiegt? Sorry, garbled. Let me provide a clean, accurate article.

Gesuchten is the inflected form of the past participle gesucht (the past participle of suchen) used as an adjective or, in some contexts, as a noun. It does not stand alone as a verb form; instead it appears in attributive position to describe a noun or, when capitalized, as a nominalized plural.

As an attributive adjective, gesuchten occurs in contexts where the noun is definite or otherwise marked for definiteness. The exact ending depends on case, number, and gender. Common occurrences include:

- die gesuchten Personen (nominative plural)

- den gesuchten Personen (dative plural)

- der gesuchten Frau (genitive feminine singular)

In many cases the meaning is “the sought after” or “the ones sought.” For example, die gesuchten Personen refers to the people who were sought during a search or investigation.

As a noun, the form can be nominalized to Gesuchte or Gesuchten, especially in compounds like die Gesuchten, meaning “the ones sought,” but this is less common than the attributive use.

The term is primarily encountered in formal or investigative German, and its interpretation hinges on the surrounding definiteness and grammatical case.