gezeigt

Gezeigt is the past participle of the German verb zeigen, meaning to show. It is used in several grammatical contexts and forms the basis for different constructions in the language.

In compound tenses, gezeigt appears with the auxiliary haben to form perfect constructions: ich habe gezeigt, du hast gezeigt, er hat gezeigt. The participle typically governs a direct object, as in Ich habe dir das Bild gezeigt. German also uses gezeigt in passive voice constructions with sein or werden: Das Bild wurde gezeigt; Es wird gezeigt, dass … (it is shown that).

Gezeigt can also function as an adjective when it modifies a noun, or as a nominalized participle. Attributive usage yields inflected forms such as das gezeigte Ergebnis, die gezeigten Ergebnisse, depending on gender, number, and case. The nominalized form Das Gezeigte can refer to “that which has been shown” or “the shown item.”

A common scientific and journalistic pattern is Es wurde gezeigt, dass … (It has been shown that …), which introduces conclusions or evidence. The related phrase Es zeigt sich, dass … uses the present tense and means “it appears that” or “it turns out that,” signaling an observation or conclusion.

Etymology-wise, zeigen belongs to the Germanic family; the past participle follows the standard ge- prefix and -t ending typical of weak verbs. A frequent source of error is confusing zeigten (the simple past) with gezeigt (the perfect participle).