instrumentiertem

Instrumentiertem is a grammatically inflected form of the German adjective/participle instrumentiert, derived from the verb instrumentieren. In meaning, instrumentiert can indicate that something has been equipped with instruments, sensors, or measuring devices, or that a musical work has been orchestrated for instruments. The form instrumentiertem appears in the dative singular, typically when a neuter noun is modified and the noun phrase contains no definite determiner (for example after a preposition such as mit).

Grammatically, instrumentiertem is the strong ending used for the dative singular neuter when no article is present. Depending on the context and article, other inflected forms exist, for example instrumentierten (after a definite article or in other dative contexts) or instrumentiertes (nominative/accusative neuter). The choice of ending follows standard German adjective declension rules and reflects case, number, and gender of the modified noun.

In practical usage, instrumentiertem tends to occur in technical, scientific, or industrial language. Examples include phrases like mit instrumentiertem Messgerät (with an instrumented measuring device) or in descriptions of equipment setups where instrumentation is an explicit feature. In musical contexts, instrumentiert can describe works arranged for instruments, though the specific form instrumentiertem is less common there than in technical prose.

Etymology derives from instrumentieren, itself from Instrument (Latin origin) and the -ieren suffix used to form verbs meaning to perform or equip with instruments.

See also: instrumentieren, Instrument, instrumentation.