aufbewahrte

Aufbewahrte is the simple past tense form (Präteritum) of the German verb aufbewahren, meaning to store, keep safe, or preserve something in safekeeping. As a past-tense form, it is used primarily in written or formal narrative to indicate that a storing action occurred at a previous time. In everyday spoken German, the Perfekt tense (hat aufbewahrt) is more common.

Grammatically, aufbewahren is a separable-prefix verb. In the Präteritum, the prefix is placed at the end of the clause: for example, Er bewahrte die Dokumente auf. The form aufbewahrte itself appears when the subject is ich or er/sie/es in the simple past, as in Ich bewahrte, er bewahrte, or in contracted or implicit subject positions. The corresponding plural forms are wir bewahrten auf, ihr bewahrtet auf, sie bewahrten auf. The meaning remains the same: to store or safeguard something.

Related nouns and terms include Aufbewahrung (storage or safekeeping), Aufbewahrungsort (place of storage), and Bewahrung (preservation). These terms are used across contexts such as archives, law, museums, and personal record-keeping, where the act of keeping items for future use or safety is relevant.

Examples:

- Gestern bewahr­te er die Akten auf.

- Sie bewahrte ihr Erspartes sicher auf.

- Die Dokumente wurden sorgfältig aufbewahrt.

Overall,aufbewahrte is a grammatical form rather than a distinct concept, serving to indicate a past act of keeping or storing within German prose.