getestet

Getestet is the past participle of the German verb testen, meaning to test. It describes something that has undergone testing and is used in several syntactic roles. In perfect tenses, it appears with haben: Wir haben es getestet. In passive constructions, the participle can combine with werden: Das Produkt ist getestet worden; Das Produkt wurde getestet.

As an adjective or attributive modifier, getestet can describe a noun directly: eine getestete Software, die getesteten Ergebnisse. In this use the participle is declined to match gender, number, and case: ein getesteter Prototyp, eine getestete Version, ein getestetes Exemplar, die getesteten Proben. The term is common in technical, scientific, and quality‑assurance contexts, where products, processes, or hypotheses are described as having previously undergone testing.

Origin and usage notes: testen is a standard German verb formed from the noun Test, and getestet is the regular past participle formed with ge- and the -t ending. The word getestet should not be confused with similar forms in other languages; for example, Dutch uses getest for the past participle of testen.

Examples:

- Die Software ist getestet.

- Wir haben die Proben getestet.

- Eine getestete Hypothese.

- Die Ergebnisse sind getestet worden.