Stornierten

Stornierten is a German verb form derived from stornieren, meaning to cancel or revoke a previously issued booking, order, payment, or contract. In the Präteritum (simple past), stornierten is used with plural subjects, yielding sentences such as wir stornierten die Reservierung or sie stornierten die Bestellung, translating to “we canceled” and “they canceled,” respectively.

Common contexts for stornieren include travel bookings, event tickets, hotel reservations, and subscriptions. Phrases frequently encountered in everyday and business language are “eine Buchung stornieren,” “eine Reservierung stornieren,” and “eine Bestellung stornieren.” The noun Storno is used to refer to the cancellation itself; related terms include Stornogebühren (cancellation fees) and Stornierung (the act of canceling).

Grammatical notes: The past participle of stornieren is storniert, used with haben to form the present perfect, e.g., „Die Reservierung ist storniert“ or „Die Reservierung wurde storniert.“ The Präteritum forms for wir and sie share stornierten, so both “we canceled” and “they canceled” are expressed as stornierten in the simple past.

Etymology and usage: The verb is built from the noun Storno, which denotes cancellation or reversal in financial and commercial contexts, with the common German verb-suffix -ieren. The term is widespread in formal and semi-formal language, particularly in travel, commerce, and contract discussions.