loskoppelde

Loskoppelde is a Dutch term formed from los (apart) and koppelen (to connect). It functions primarily as the past participle of loskoppelen and as an adjective meaning disconnected or decoupled. The common attributive form before a noun is losgekoppelde, as in losgekoppelde systemen or een losgekoppelde verbinding. The simple past form is loskoppelde, used in sentences such as de kabel werd loskoppelde, though the past participle losgekoppeld is also encountered in passive constructions.

In usage, loskoppelde describes a state rather than an action at the moment of speaking. In technology and engineering, it refers to hardware or software components that have been detached from a larger system, for example losgekoppelde kabels or losgekoppelde modules. In information technology, it can denote data or services that are decoupled from a central platform, contributing to modularity or flexibility.

In economics and geopolitics, the term is used to describe decoupling between entities, such as a losgekoppelde economie, supply chains, or policy links, meaning reduced interdependence or integration. In data handling and privacy discourse, loskoppelde data refers to information that has been separated from identifying identifiers.

See also related Dutch terms such as koppelen (to connect), ontkoppelen (to disconnect), and the English concept of decoupling. The term is common in technical, economic, and policy contexts and is not a proper noun.