This is the 4390th most frequent German word.
getöteten
"Getöteten" means "killed" or "those who were killed" in English.
The word 'getöteten' is used as a past participle acting as an adjective to describe the 'man' who has been killed.
Die Polizei untersucht den Fall des getöteten Mannes.
The police are investigating the case of the killed man.
Here, 'getöteten' describes the relatives ('Angehörigen') and highlights their state of being killed, functioning adjectivally in the plural form.
Die Familie trauert um die getöteten Angehörigen.
The family mourns the killed relatives.
In this sentence, 'getöteten' modifies 'soldiers' ('Soldaten'), indicating the soldiers who have lost their lives, demonstrating the adjective usage with plural agreement.