deformierten

Deformierten is the Präteritum (simple past) third-person plural form of the German verb deformieren, meaning to deform or distort the shape of something. The verb is formed from the prefix de- and formieren (to shape), with roots in Latin through the idea of forming or shaping. The past participle is deformiert, and the present and past conjugations follow regular -ieren-verb patterns.

In usage, deformieren appears mainly in technical, scientific, and medical contexts to describe changes of shape caused by force, pressure, or processing. The form deformierten is used when referring to a past deformation by a plural subject (for example: Unter der Belastung deformierten sich die Metallplatten). It can also appear in the passive voice as “wurde deformiert” (e.g., Die Platte wurde deformiert). In biology or medicine, deformation of tissues or cells may be described with the same term; in materials science, deformation of metals or polymers under stress is a standard concept, sometimes accompanied by quantitative measures of strain.

See also: Verformung, Deformation, deformieren.