übertragener
Übertragener is a grammatical form in German, derived from the verb übertragen, meaning to transfer or to transmit. As an inflected participle used as an adjective, übertragener translates roughly as “transferred” or “transmitted,” depending on context. It is not a standalone word with a fixed meaning, but a form that appears in phrases where a noun is described as having been carried over, moved, or conveyed.
In grammar, übertragener occurs in attributive position, taking endings to agree with the noun it describes.
- Medicine and public health: übertragene Krankheiten (transmitted diseases).
- Information technology and data: übertragene Daten (transferred data).
- Legal and administrative language: übertragene Rechte (transferred rights), übertragene Verpflichtungen (assumed obligations).
The form is particularly common in technical or formal prose, where precise description of transmission, transfer,
- übertragener is an attributive adjective form; it is distinct from nouns such as Überträger (carrier) or
- Capitalization rules apply: if it functions as a noun (less common), it would be capitalized as