Übersprungenen

Übersprungenen is a declined form of the German past participle übersprungen, derived from the verb überspringen, meaning to skip over or omit. As an attributive adjective it describes nouns that have been bypassed or left out, such as sections, pages, or steps.

The exact form übersprungenen occurs in several grammatical contexts. After definite articles or other determiner phrases, adjectives in German take weak endings; in plural and in many dative singular forms the ending -en is common. For example: die übersprungenen Seiten (the skipped pages) or den übersprungenen Abschnitten (to the skipped sections). In singular use, other endings appear, e.g., der übersprungene Abschnitt (the skipped section) or dem übersprungenen Abschnitt (to the skipped section). The specific ending depends on number, case and gender, but übersprungenen is a typical plural or dative singular form.

Usage and meaning: übersprungenen conveys that something was intentionally or accidentally not included, omitted, or bypassed in a sequence or selection. It is commonly found in editing, summaries, outlines, and technical or academic writing to denote items that were left out.

Etymology and related forms: derived from überspringen, combining über- (over) with springen (to jump). The root form übersprungen serves as the past participle; used adjectivally it agrees with the noun it modifies.

See also: überspringen (to skip over), participial adjectives, German adjective declension, omitted items in editing.

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