geänderter

Geänderter is the attributive form of the past participle of the German verb ändern (to change). The base participle is geändert, but when used as an adjective before a noun, it inflects with endings such as geänderter, geänderte, geändertes, depending on gender, number and case. It denotes something that has been modified, revised or altered.

Grammatical notes

Geänderter functions as an adjective and is declined according to standard German adjective endings. In the masculine singular nominative with a definite article you say der geänderte Plan; with an indefinite article you would say ein geänderter Plan. In the plural you use geänderte Pläne (no article or with der die das etc. you get die geänderten Pläne). The form geänderter is therefore not a separate lexical item but a declined adjective form derived from das Partizip II geändert.

Usage and nuance

Geänderter is commonly used in legal, administrative, technical and formal writing to describe things that have been revised or modified, such as contracts, rules, plans or specifications. It emphasizes the result of a change rather than the process. In many contexts the bare participle geändert appears in compound tenses or as a predicate adjective, while geänderter serves when the attribute directly modifies a noun.

Examples

Der geänderte Vertrag tritt nächste Woche in Kraft.

Die geänderten Regeln gelten ab sofort.

Ein geänderter Plan wurde vorgestellt.

Related terms

Änderung (the change), ändern (to change), geändert (past participle used as a non-attributive participle or in compound forms).