Profilerede

Profilerede is a Danish verb form meaning “profiled” in English. It is the simple past tense of the verb profilere and is used when describing that someone or something has had a profile created or characterized. The term appears across fields such as journalism, data analysis, marketing, and criminology, whenever a profiling action has been completed.

Etymology and grammar: Profilere is a regular weak Danish verb. The past tense is profilerede; the past participle is profileret. In a sentence, the form profilerede agrees with the subject in the simple past: jeg profilerede, du profilerede, han profilerede, vi profilerede, I profilerede, de profilerede. The past participle profileret is used in compound tenses: jeg har profileret.

Usage: The word is used to describe actions of profiling—creating a profile, describing characteristics, or outlining attributes for analysis. For example: Forskeren profilerede dataene for at identificere mønstre. Virksomheden profilerede deres kunder ud fra alder, køn og indkomst. In broader contexts, profilerede can refer to outlining or categorizing features of a subject.

See also: profilering, profilere, profil. Note that profilerede is a grammatical form in Danish and should be translated as “profiled” when rendering to English, while the related noun forms refer to profiling as a practice.