Konstruerede

Konstruerede is the Danish simple past tense form of the verb konstruere, meaning to construct, design, or build. It is used to describe actions that were completed in the past. Like other Danish -ere verbs, konstruere has forms for present tense (konstruerer), past tense (konstruerede), and past participle (konstrueret). The infinitive is konstruere.

Origin and cognates: The verb derives from Latin construere, via French construire, and shares cognates with other Scandinavian languages, such as Swedish konstruerade and Norwegian konstruerte, reflecting a common historical development in engineering and design vocabulary across the region.

Usage and notes: In narrative or factual prose, konstruerede is used to report a completed construction or design action. Example: "Hun konstruerede en ny prototyp." For perfect tenses, Danish uses the auxiliary har with the past participle, as in "Hun har konstrueret en prototype." The form konstruerede does not change for person or number, but it marks past tense in finite clauses.

See also: konstruere (the infinitive), konstrueret (past participle), and related terms in construction, architecture, and engineering.