Vereinte

Vereinte is a German adjective formed from the verb vereinigen, meaning united. It is most widely seen in the fixed expression Die Vereinten Nationen, the official German name for the United Nations. In this phrase, Vereinten is the inflected plural form used before a feminine plural noun.

The stem vereint also appears in other contexts, where it functions as a predicative or attributive adjective. For example, in phrases like Ihre vereinten Anstrengungen (your united efforts) or ein vereinter Staat (a united state), the form changes according to standard German adjective endings depending on case, number, and the definite or indefinite article that accompanies the noun.

In German, the form Vereint (capitalized at sentence start or in proper nouns) is the past participle of vereinigen and serves as an adjective meaning “united.” The plural definite form die Vereinten Nationen illustrates the common usage in international naming. The related, more common spelling Vereinigte appears in other established titles, most notably Vereinigte Staaten (United States), which uses a different stem derived from the same verb family.

Etymologically, vereinen traces back to the verb vereinigen, with the past participle vereint and its inflected forms becoming standard adjectival endings in modern German. The word functions primarily as a linguistic element within compound names and descriptive phrases rather than as a standalone, internationally recognized entity.