berichtet

Berichtet is the third-person singular present tense form of the German verb berichten, which means to report, to recount, or to inform. It is used when describing that someone currently reports or relates information.

Berichten is a transitive verb and often takes a topic expressed with über or a recipient in the dative case. Common constructions include berichten über etwas (to report on something) and berichten von etwas (to report about something). It can also take a dative indirect object to indicate to whom the information is being reported, as in berichten dem Publikum von einem Vorfall (to report to the public about an incident).

Examples in use include: Der Journalist berichtet heute über die Lage. (The journalist reports today on the situation.) Der Zeuge berichtet dem Gericht von dem Vorfall. (The witness reports to the court about the incident.) Sie berichtet regelmäßig über Sport. (She reports regularly on sports.) In indirect speech, the form kann berichte appear in Konjunktiv I: Der Sprecher berichtet, dass …, and in Konjunktiv II: Er berichtete, dass ….

Conjugation and tenses are regular for this verb. Present: ich berichte, du berichtest, er berichtet, wir berichten, ihr berichtet, sie berichten. Präteritum: berichtete; Perfekt: hat berichtet. Imperativ: berichte! or berichtet! Subjunctive I: berichte; Subjunctive II: berichtete.

Etymologically, berichten derives from the noun Bericht (a report, an account) with the be- prefix, a common German pattern for forming verbs that convey the act of providing information. The word is widely used in journalism, administration, and everyday language to describe the act of conveying information to others.