losgelöst

Losgelöst is a German adjective and past participle formed from the verb loslösen ("to detach, release"). It denotes a state in which something has been separated from another object or context, or that it operates independently of it. The term is used both in everyday language and in technical contexts to describe a release, detachment, or decoupling.

In ordinary speech, losgelöst can refer to people or objects that have broken away from a group, authority, or attachment. For example: eine Person, die sich losgelöst von der Gruppe bewegt describes someone who has separated themselves from the group. In material and mechanical contexts, ein losgelöstes Teil or eine losgelöste Verbindung refers to a component that is no longer fixed to the rest of a system. In science and engineering, losgelöste Systeme or losgelöste Kopplungen describe decoupled or independently operating subsystems.

In philosophy or cultural commentary the term may express a sense of being detached from norms, reality, or conventional frameworks, as in losgelöst von der Realität.

Translations into English depend on context, yielding released, detached, disengaged, or decoupled. The word is closely related to loslösen and Entkopplung, which describe the act of detaching and the resulting decoupled state.