gezogene

Gezogene is a German term derived from the verb ziehen (to draw, pull). As an adjective it corresponds to the participle gezogen and is used to describe something that has been drawn or selected in a drawing, lottery, or selection process. The word commonly appears in contexts where items or participants have been chosen or extracted by a random act.

In practical usage, gezogene describes things that have been drawn. Examples include a drawn card in a game: eine gezogene Karte (a drawn card) or gezogene Karten (drawn cards). It can also refer to numbers or winners in a lottery or contest, such as gezogene Lose or gezogene Gewinner. The form changes with gender, number, and case: feminine singular is gezogene (eine gezogene Karte), plural is gezogene Karten, and the masculine/neuter forms follow the standard adjective declension rules in German.

As a noun, gezogene or Gezogene is rarely used on its own but can appear in formal or legal-language contexts to denote a person who has been drawn, for example der Gezogene or die Gezogenen, though more common expressions in everyday language are die Ausgewählten or die Gewinner.

Etymology and morphology: gezogene is the attributive form of gezogen, the past participle of ziehen. Its exact ending reflects German declension for adjectives used with nouns, varying by gender, number, and article.

See also: Ziehung, Auslosung, Auswahl, Lotterie, Gewinner, Ausgewählte.