Transmitierte

Transmitierte is the Präteritum (simple past) form of the German verb transmitieren. The verb means to transmit, to broadcast, or to transfer information or signals. In everyday German, more common verbs for many contexts are übermitteln, übertragen, or senden, but transmitieren and its past forms are regularly used in technical, scientific, and media language. The form transmitierte can function as the finite verb with ich-transmitierte or er/sie/es transmitierte in past narration.

Etymology and usage context: transmitieren is a loanword ultimately derived from Latin transmittere, via French transmettre and English transmit. In German, it appears in contexts such as data transmission, signal broadcasting, telecommunications, and biology or medicine when referring to the passage of a pathogen or information from one entity to another. In many everyday situations, speakers prefer Übertragung or Übermittlung, while transmitieren remains common in technical writing or formal reporting.

Grammar note: The past participle is transmitiert, used with haben in perfect tenses (ich habe transmitiert). The Präteritum forms include ich transmitierte, du transmitiertest, er transmitierte, wir transmitierten, ihr transmitiertet, sie transmitierten. The bare form transmitierte thus signals a past action tied to a subject in narrative text.

Examples: Der Sender transmitierte das Signal gestern Abend. Sie transmitierte die Datei an den Server. Er transmitierte die Live-Signale aus dem Studio.

See also: Übertragen, Übermitteln, Senden, Übertragung.