bereinigten

Bereinigten is the inflected form of the past participle bereinigen, the German verb meaning to clean, purify, or reconcile. In German grammar, bereinigen is transitive, and its participle bereinigt can function as a finite or past participle form. The attributive or predicative adjective form is bereinigten (and related forms like bereinigter, bereinigte, bereinigtes) depending on gender, number, and case. For example: der bereinigte Bericht, die bereinigten Daten, den bereinigten Text.

Etymology and meaning. The word combines the prefix be- with reinigen (to clean), with the sense extending beyond physical cleaning to include removing errors, inconsistencies, or unwanted elements. As a result, bereinigen is commonly used in technical and scientific contexts to denote data or material that has been processed to a standard or to a usable state.

Contexts and usage. Bereinigen is widely used in data science and information technology to refer to data cleaning, where errors, duplicates, missing values, or outliers are addressed to improve quality. Phrases like bereinigte Daten (cleaned data) or bereinigter Text (sanitized or normalized text) are standard. In environmental and engineering language, bereinigen can describe purification processes, such as bereinigtes Wasser (purified water). In accounting or auditing, Bereinigung may refer to reconciliation or adjustment steps that produce a consistent result.

See also. Related terms include Datenbereinigung (data cleaning), Textverarbeitung und Datensanierung. The term is neutral and commonly appears in technical writing, research reports, and procedural documentation.