Parierte

Parierte is the simple past tense (Präteritum) form of the German verb parieren. The verb has two main uses in standard German: in fencing, meaning to parry or deflect an attack; and in culinary contexts, meaning to pare or trim meat, removing fat, sinews, or membranes. The past participle of parieren is pariert, and the perfect tense is formed with haben pariert.

In fencing, parieren describes the act of deflecting a blow with a weapon. A sentence might read: Der Gegner parierte den Hieb. In this sense, parieren is a technical term within martial arts vocabulary and is often found in training manuals, match reports, and descriptive narratives of duels.

In culinary use, parieren means to trim or prepare meat, typically by removing unwanted fat, membranes, or connective tissue. This is a standard term in butchery and kitchen technique. A sentence example is: Der Koch parierte das Rinderfilet, bevor es weiter verarbeitet wurde.

Grammatical note: parierte, as a form of parieren, can function as the first person singular or the third person singular in the Präteritum. The verb is commonly used in its infinitive form in instructional or procedural writing, with pariert serving as the past participle for perfect tenses.

See also: parieren (to parry, to pare), Pariertechnik, Parierhandhabung.