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alarmiert

Alarmiert is the past participle of the German verb alarmieren, meaning to alert, summon, or notify those responsible for handling an incident. It is used in active constructions (jemand hat jemanden alarmiert) and in adjectival form to describe those who have been alerted (alarmierte Einsatzkräfte).

Etymology: Alarmieren comes from the noun Alarm with the German suffix -ieren. The noun Alarm itself traces

Usage and grammar: In perfect tense, alarmieren takes haben (ich habe alarmiert, wir haben alarmiert). The participle

Contexts: Alarmiert is common in police, fire brigades, disaster management, aviation, and maritime communications, as well

Related terms: Alarm, Alarmierung (the act of alerting), and alarmierend (alarming). The distinction lies in alarmieren

back
to
the
French
alarme,
with
subsequent
adoption
into
German.
The
term
has
become
established
in
modern
usage
to
denote
formal
notification
of
emergency
services,
military
units,
or
other
response
teams.
alarmiert
can
function
as
an
adjective,
as
in
alarmierte
Kräfte,
to
describe
teams
that
have
been
mobilized.
The
sense
emphasizes
the
act
of
summoning
or
mobilizing
a
response,
rather
than
merely
warning.
as
in
organizational
notices
and
official
reports.
In
journalistic
or
official
language,
sentences
such
as
Die
Polizei
wurde
alarmiert
indicate
that
responders
have
been
alerted
and
briefed
to
act.
signaling
the
action
of
summoning
help,
while
alarmiert
often
denotes
the
current
state
of
being
alerted
or
mobilized.