beigetragen

Beigetragen is the past participle of the German verb beitragen, which means to contribute or to contribute to something. The verb combines the prefix bei- with tragen (to bear, to carry), conveying the idea of adding to a result, situation, or outcome. It is commonly used with the preposition zu to specify what is being contributed to.

As a verb, beitragen forms various tenses with haben as the auxiliary. In the present tense you say, for example, ich trage dazu bei (I contribute to it). In the simple past, ich trug dazu bei. In the present perfect, you typically say ich habe dazu beigetragen. A common use is die Spenden haben zur Stabilisierung der Lage beigetragen (the donations contributed to stabilizing the situation).

Beigetragen can also function as a participial adjective when it modifies a noun. In this attributive use it takes standard adjective endings, for instance: die beigetragene Information (the contributed information), das beigetragene Ergebnis (the contributed result), die beigetragenen Hinweise (the contributed hints). The form changes according to gender, number, and case, as with other adjectives.

Related terms include Beitrag (noun) for “contribution” and other expressions like zu etwas beitragen or mitwirken. Beigetragen emphasizes a quantitative or qualitative addition to a larger effect, rather than a standalone action.