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An adjective borrowed from English meaning 'complete', 'finished', or 'completed'. It is often used in gaming, project management, or IT.
Mission complete! Wir haben alle Aufgaben erfolgreich erledigt.
Mission complete! We successfully finished all the tasks.
'Complete' is an English loanword used almost exclusively in the jargon of video games, IT, or project management. In normal everyday life, it is uncommon.
Nach der Installation zeigte das Programm „Setup complete“ an.
After the installation, the program displayed 'Setup complete'.
This adjective is almost always used predicatively, e.g. 'Die Mission ist complete.' (The mission is complete), or as a stand-alone status term. Declining it before a noun, e.g. 'eine complete Aufgabe' (a complete task), is very rare and sounds unnatural.
Das Level ist jetzt complete.
The level is now complete.
Common combinations are fixed phrases from English, such as 'Mission complete', 'Level complete', or 'Download complete'.
Endlich! Level 10 ist complete.
Finally! Level 10 is complete.
finished / ready
'fertig' and 'complete' can both express that something is finished or complete. 'fertig' is the normal German word and fits in almost all everyday situations: a task is finished, the food is ready, someone is ready to go. 'complete' is borrowed from English and sounds rather specialized in normal German. You mainly hear it in areas like gaming, IT, or project work, when something is marked as complete. For everyday use, 'fertig' is usually more natural. 'complete' fits better in technical or English-influenced contexts.
Im Spiel steht die Mission auf complete, weil alle Aufgaben erledigt sind.
In the game, the mission is marked as complete because all the tasks have been finished.
Bist du mit den Hausaufgaben schon fertig?
Are you already finished with your homework?