nachgebildeten

Nachgebildeten is the past participle form of the German verb nachbilden, meaning to imitate, model after, or reproduce. In German, it can function as a participle or as an adjective used attributively or predicatively. The form nachgebildeten appears when the participle is inflected to agree with a following noun, typically in plural or in cases and moods where the ending -en is required (for example, die nachgebildeten Statuen, mit den nachgebildeten Exemplaren). The exact ending of an adjective derived from nachbilden depends on gender, number, and case.

Semantically, nachgebildet describes something that has been copied or modeled after another object or form. It is commonly used for replicas, imitations, or faithful reproductions in art, archaeology, museum labeling, and production contexts. The term can refer to physical duplicates, as in sculptures, tools, or artifacts that are not original but made to resemble an earlier version, as well as to figurative likenesses in literature or media.

Distinctions within related terms are important: nachbilden is the verb “to imitate/reproduce,” Nachbildung or Nachbildungkrankheit refers to the act or result of reproduction, and Nachahmung covers imitation more generally. The participle nachgebildet (with varying inflection) is often contrasted with real originals, authentic artifacts, or non-identical copies in scholarly descriptions.

See also: Nachbildung, Nachbilden, Nachahmung, Kopie, Replik.