unbeschrifteter

Unbeschrifteter is a German adjective form meaning unlabeled or without inscription. It is the attributive form used before a masculine singular noun, as in ein unbeschrifteter Gegenstand. The corresponding forms for other genders and numbers are unbeschriftete (feminine singular, plural) and unbeschriftetes (neuter singular). The base adjective is unbeschriftet, with un- as a negation prefix attached to beschriften, which means to label or inscribe.

Usage and contexts

The term is common in everyday language, museum descriptions, and technical contexts where objects, diagrams, or data lack labels. For example: ein unbeschrifteter Gegenstand (an unlabeled object), unbeschriftete Bilder (unlabeled pictures), or ein unbeschriftetes Diagramm (an unlabeled diagram). In data-related fields, man spricht oft von unbeschrifteten Daten bzw. unbeschrifteten Datensätzen, when datasets lack labels used for supervised learning.

Nuances and alternatives

Ohne Beschriftung is a broader, more neutral expression than unbeschriftet; it emphasizes the absence of any inscription rather than the attribute of the noun. Beschriftet means labeled, whereas unbeschriftet indicates the opposite. In compound or noun phrases, the form adapts to the noun’s gender and number, for example: unbeschrifteter Marker (masculine), unbeschriftete Tabellen (feminine plural), unbeschriftetes Schild (neuter).

See also

Beschriftung, beschriften, unlabeled in data contexts as unlabelled or unannotated, depending on usage.