zugeordneten

Zugeordneten is the inflected form of the past participle zugeordnet (assigned, allocated, mapped) from the verb zuordnen. In German it functions primarily as an adjective describing a relationship where items have been assigned or linked to something else. The form zugeordneten appears in attributive position before a plural noun when a definite article or a possessive determiner requires the adjective ending -en, as in die zugeordneten Dateien or den zugeordneten Objekten. It also occurs in other plural cases with appropriate determiners, for example den zugeordneten Aufgaben.

Predicative use behaves differently: with the verb sein the participle often appears in its uninflected form, for example Die Dateien sind zugeordnet, meaning that they have been assigned. In such uses the ending -en does not appear.

Zugeordneten can also function as a substantive when capitalized, though this is less common. In that sense, Die Zugeordneten refers to the people or items that have been assigned or allocated in a given context.

Contexts and semantics: The term is widely used in areas such as data management, project planning, and organizational processes, where items or individuals are linked to roles, categories, datasets, or tasks. It conveys a completed assignment or mapping rather than a prospective action.

Relation to related terms: Zuordnung (assignment, mapping, categorization), Zuweisung (allocation or assignment), and Mapping concepts in data systems. The form zugeordneten is one of several declined variants that German adjectives derived from participles may take depending on number, case, and determiner.