I'm about to list a brand new CD on eBay. The listing assumes a condition note where I want to point out, that the item is brand new and originally packed.
Google Translate suggests to change the above wording to originally packaged. This is embarrassing, as I thought that "packaging" is actually a bit of a work, means: to put an item into a package, protecting case, box, etc.
When a manufacturer overwraps a small thing (i.e. a book, a CD, a postcard) with a plastic foil, he/she normally packs it, right? Not packages?
How would you correctly say in English The item is originally packed/packaged assuming it might not neccessarily be factory-sealed. It is just originally wrapped.
UPDATE (inspired by comments)
I understand the trick with a noun (…in its original packaging), but I wonder if there is an expression with a verb in passive voice. For example in German we normally say "original verpackt". The 't' at the end of a verb means the passive voice. Germans even have an abbreviation OVP. In Russian I would also use the passive voice.
So the question is: originally packed or originally packaged?
Unless both forms are not valid and won't be correctly understood.
Best Answer
As others have noted, the correct term is original packaging, which indicates the packaging has neither been opened nor replaced.
The word original is defined as "existing from the beginning" and the word packaging is defined as "materials used to wrap or protect goods", so original packaging means that the materials that existed from the beginning are used to wrap or protect the goods, i.e., the original packaging.
To an English-speaking audience, originally packed and originally packaged would both seem like incomplete statements ("originally packed where?", "originally packaged where?").
In the context of an eBay listing, if you say a CD is new and "in its original packaging", or you simply state "Original packaging.", it will be understood that the packaging for the CD has not been repaired or replaced.