Transportieren

Transportieren is a German verb meaning to move something from one location to another. In everyday language it refers to conveying goods, passengers, or materials. The concept also appears in science and technology, where it describes the movement of substances, energy, or momentum within systems.

Etymology traces Transportieren to the Latin transportare “to carry across,” via Old French and Germanic adaptations. The related noun das Transport refers to the act or the system of transporting, while das Transportieren denotes the act itself.

Applications occur in several domains. In logistics and transport engineering, it describes the planning and execution of moving cargo by road, rail, sea, or air, including terms such as Gütertransport and supply chains. In physics and chemistry, transport phenomena study how mass, energy, or charge moves in fluids or solids, incorporating diffusion, convection, and related equations. In biology and medicine, transport refers to the movement of substances across cell membranes and within organisms, including passive and active transport, transporter proteins, channels, endocytosis, and exocytosis; it also covers physiological processes such as renal and intestinal transport.

Grammar and usage notes: the verb is regular. Conjugation in the present tense is ich transportiere, du transportierst, er transportiert, wir transportieren, ihr transportiert, sie transportieren; the past participle is transportiert. The infinitive Transportieren can function as a noun in the form Transportieren (the act of transporting); more common as a noun is der Transport.