Selektionierte

Selektionierte is the simple past (Präteritum) form of the German verb selektionieren, meaning to select or to perform a selection. It indicates that the action of selecting was completed at a point in the past. The corresponding past participle is selektioniert, which is used with the auxiliary haben to form the present perfect: Er hat die Proben selektioniert.

Selektionieren is a borrowed term in German, linked to the noun Selektion and tracing its linguistic lineage to Latin selectio and the French sélectionner. In everyday language, many speakers prefer synonyms such as auswählen or (in some scientific contexts) selektieren, depending on nuance and register. The form selektionierte is therefore primarily encountered in written German, especially in scientific or technical prose where the act of selecting is described as a past event.

Usage notes and examples:

- Gestern selektionierte der Forscher die Proben.

- Die Daten wurden früher selektioniert, um eine homogene Teilmenge zu erhalten.

These sentences illustrate how selektionierte fits within narrative past tense. In many modern texts, authors may instead use the present perfect with selektioniert (Er hat selektioniert) or substitute with a shorter verb like auswählte or selektierte, depending on style and precision.

Overall, selektionierte functions as a grammatical past-tense form of selektionieren and is chiefly found in technical writing, while more common verbs for “to select” appear in general usage.