verkörperte

Verkörperte is the past participle of the German verb verkörpern, meaning to embody, incarnate, or personify. When used as an adjective, it describes something that has been embodied or given a bodily or figurative form. In everyday language it is common in phrases such as eine verkörperte Ruhe or der verkörperte Mut, where it expresses that a quality is realized in a person, character, or object. The participle can be declined to agree with the noun it modifies, for example ein verkörter Traum (singular male form would be ein verkörperter Traum) or eine verkörperte Idee, and so on. For emphasis or as a noun, related terms include Verkörperung (embodiment, incarnation) and Verkörperung kann als abstrakte Idee oder als personifizierte Eigenschaft verwendet werden.

In philosophy and cognitive science, the term is connected to the broader notion of embodiment. The noun Verkörperung is used to describe how mental processes or abstract states are grounded in or manifested through the body. In German discourse, phrases like verkörperte Kognition or verkörperte Erfahrungen appear in discussions about how cognition is shaped by bodily states and sensorimotor interactions.

Usage notes: verkörperte is usually written in lowercase when used as an ordinary adjective. The word can function in several figurative senses beyond mere physical embodiment, often attributing a concrete form to otherwise abstract traits in people, characters, or cultural concepts. See also Verkörperung, Verkörperung von Ideen, and the broader concept of embodiment in philosophy and cognitive science.