vergrößerte

Vergrößerte is a German attributive adjective form derived from the verb vergrößern, meaning enlarged or magnified. It is used to describe something that has increased in size. The form adapts to gender, number, and case in accordance with German adjective declension; for example, eine vergrößerte Milz (feminine singular), vergrößerte Lymphknoten (plural), or ein vergrößertes Bild (neuter singular). In everyday language and technical contexts, it commonly appears in medical descriptions to indicate abnormal enlargement of an organ or tissue, such as eine vergrößerte Prostata or vergrößerte Lymphknoten.

Usage and contexts

- Medical: describing enlargement of organs or tissues, often as a diagnostic or descriptive term.

- Imaging and media: referring to magnified or enlarged representations, as in vergrößertes Foto or vergrößertes Abbild.

- General description: used more broadly to indicate something has been made larger.

Grammatical note

Vergrößerte is one of several possible endings of the past participle vergrößern used as an adjective. The exact ending changes with gender (masculine, feminine, neuter), number (singular, plural) and case (nominative, accusative, etc.). Common alternatives include vergrößertes (neuter singular) and vergrößerter (masculine singular).

See also

- Vergrößern: the verb meaning to enlarge or magnify

- Prostatavergrößerung: enlargement of the prostate

- Bildvergrößerung: magnification in imaging or printing

Vergrößerte thus functions as a flexible descriptive term in German, most frequently encountered in medical and descriptive contexts to convey enlarged size.