strukturierten

Strukturierten is a German word form that arises from the verb strukturieren, meaning to structure. It is most commonly encountered as a simple past (Präteritum) form used with a plural subject to indicate that people or things performed the action of structuring in the past. For example, Wir strukturierten den Bericht and Sie strukturierten die Daten illustrate how the form functions in narrative or report-like contexts.

As an attributive participle, strukturierten can appear in phrases describing nouns in the plural with a definite article, taking the -en ending typical of attributive adjectives in that position. Examples include die strukturierten Daten or die strukturierten Prozesse, where the participle functions like an adjective and agrees with the noun in case, number, and gender. In such usage, the meaning shifts from a verb form to a property of the noun phrase: the data or processes are structured.

In addition to its grammatical uses, Strukturierten can appear capitalized as die Strukturierten in some contexts, where it would function as a proper noun or a nominalized group name. This usage is uncommon in standard German and would rely on context to clarify whether it denotes a specific group, an organization, or a fictional concept.

Etymology and related forms: Strukturierten derives from strukturieren, whose past participle is strukturiert, used in perfect tenses (hat strukturiert). The related nouns and verbs include Struktur, Strukturierung, and strukturieren itself, all centered on the concept of organization and configuration.

See also: Struktur, Strukturierung, Datenstruktur, strukturieren.