Populiert

Populiert is the past participle and adjective formed from the German verb populieren, meaning to populate. The verb follows the common German pattern for -ieren verbs, giving populieren and the participle form populiert. In practice, populieren is used primarily in technical contexts, especially in information technology, data management, and simulations, to indicate that something has been filled with data, entries, or entities.

In usage, populiert denotes a state of being populated. Examples include phrases such as “Die Tabellen wurden mit Testdaten populiert” (the tables were populated with test data) or “Die Datenbank ist populiert” (the database has been populated). The term is common in ETL processes, database setup, and model initialization, where datasets, forms, or structures are deliberately filled with predefined or generated data. In some contexts related to population data, researchers may describe the process as populating a dataset, a population in a simulation, or similar constructs.

Relation to other terms is notable: in standard German, aspects of population or settlement are often described with bevölkern or bevölkerung, which are more typical for real-world human populations. Populieren and populieren are therefore considered technical loanword usage from English populate, and are best avoided in non-technical prose where clarity is preferred.

Overall, populiert is a specialized term primarily encountered in IT, data handling, and modeling, where it conveys that a structure or dataset has been filled with data.