addierte

Addierte is the simple past tense (Präteritum) of the German verb addieren, meaning to add or perform addition. It is used to describe an addition carried out in the past or a past instance of combining numbers or quantities.

Conjugation and forms: ich addierte, du addiertest, er/sie/es addierte, wir addierten, ihr addiertet, sie addierten. The past participle is addiert, used with haben to form the perfect tense: ich habe addiert. The common noun for the operation is die Addition; die Addierung is a more technical or context-specific synonym.

Etymology: The verb addieren is a German loan-formation modeled on the Latin addere “to add,” via the typical German pattern of forming -ieren verbs. The noun Addition comes from Latin additio; Addierung is a related, more technical term used in some mathematical or informatic contexts. The language thus reflects a blend of Latin roots with German word-formation patterns.

Usage: In mathematics and arithmetic, addieren denotes the operation of adding numbers. In broader usage, it can describe any action of combining or increasing by a value. In computing and formal contexts, it may refer to incrementing a counter or accumulating values.

Examples: Gestern addierte er 7 und 5, das ergibt 12. Ich habe die drei Beträge addiert. In der Schule lernt man, Zahlen zu addieren, um eine Summe zu bestimmen.

See also: Addition, Addieren, Addierung, Mathematik.