Revidierte

Revidierte is a German word form derived from the verb revidieren, meaning to revise, review, or amend. It functions as the simple past tense form (Präteritum) for third-person singular and can also serve as an attributive past participle, describing something that has already been revised, as in der revidierte Vertrag (the revised contract). In everyday writing, the more common passive construction uses revidiert (Der Bericht wurde revidiert).

In usage, revidierte appears primarily in formal or official contexts such as legal documents, reports, contracts, and government texts. It signals that content has been examined and amended or updated. For example, eine revidierte Version des Berichts indicates a version of the report that has been revised. The term is closely related to synonyms like überarbeitet, korrigiert, oder aktualisiert, which convey similar ideas of changes or updates.

Grammatically, revidierte can appear as a finite verb form in the Präteritum (er/sie revidierte) or as an attributive adjective (der revidierte Bericht). When speaking of a revised document in a passive sense, German typically uses revidiert with werden (Der Bericht wurde revidiert).

Etymology traces revidieren to the prefix re- (again) combined with a root related to vedere/videre (to see) in the sense of reviewing or looking over something again. The word’s development reflects the idea of re-examining existing content to produce amendments or updates.

See also: revidieren, überarbeiten, aktualisieren, korrigieren.