Installierte

Installierte is a German word with two main uses: as a verb form and as an adjective form. As a verb, installieren means to install, and installierte is the simple past (Präteritum) form for the first-person singular and for the third-person singular as well. For example: Ich installierte die neue Software yesterday; er installierte das Programm ohne Probleme. In this sense it functions like the English “installed.”

As an adjective, installierte is the feminine singular attributive form of the past participle installiert. When used before a feminine noun, it means “the installed” and describes something that has already been installed. For example: die installierte Software (the installed software). The attributive form follows German adjective declension rules, so feminine singular takes -e: installierte Software. In other contexts the past participle installed appears in other forms, such as das installierte Programm (neuter singular) or die installierten Programme (plural).

Etymology and usage context: installieren is a loanword from French and possibly Latin roots, adopted into German in the modern era, especially in information technology and software distribution. In contemporary German, the perfect tense is often preferred in speech: Er hat die Software installiert. The Präteritum form installierte is more common in written narratives or formal reporting.

Common distinctions: installierte can be a verb form (Präteritum) or an attributive adjective spelling (feminine singular). It is not a stand-alone noun. The participle used in predicates is installed, as in Die Software ist installiert.