entwendete

Entwendete is the simple past tense (Präteritum) of the German verb entwenden, meaning to take away something unlawfully, to steal or misappropriate. The form is used in formal or literary writing to describe a past act of taking property from someone. The noun form Entwendung refers to the act itself and is common in legal, administrative, and technical language. The corresponding past participle is entwendet and is used with haben to form the perfect: hat entwendet.

Conjugation in Präteritum (illustrative): ich entwendete, du entwendetest, er/sie/es entwendete, wir entwendeten, ihr entwendetet, sie entwendeten.

Examples:

- Der Dieb entwendete dem Eigentümer den Ring. (The thief stole the ring from the owner.)

- Sie entwendete ihm das Auto. (She stole his car.)

- In der Berichterstattung entwendete der Verdächtige mehrere Gegenstände aus dem Geschäft. (The suspect allegedly stole several items from the store.)

Notes:

- entwendete corresponds to the Präteritum form for ich, er, sie, es; plural forms use entwendeten (wir, sie).

- For past actions with evidence or relevance to the present, the Perfekt form hat entwendet is used: Der Dieb hat den Ring entwendet.

- The term is distinct from Entwendung, which designates the act as a concept and is more common in legal contexts.