expandiert

Expandiert is the past participle and an adjective form derived from the German verb expandieren. The verb expandieren means to expand, enlarge, or broaden, and is used in various domains such as business, technology, and general language. Expandiert can describe something that has already been expanded or is in a state of expansion, for example as a attributive adjective: expandierte Kapazität.

Usage and context

In business and economics, expandieren refers to growing activity, markets, or production. A company might expand in new regions, product lines, or distribution channels, and one can speak of expandierte Geschäftsbereiche or expandierte Aktivitäten to describe areas that have been enlarged. In everyday language, expandieren is used similarly to erweitern or ausbauen, though expandieren appears more often in corporate or technical contexts.

In technology and information technology, expandieren is used to describe the dynamic enlargement of resources, such as storage, memory, or computational capacity. Phrases like expandierte Speicherkapazität or expandierte Infrastruktur are common in reports or technical documentation. The term is often encountered alongside synonyms such as erweitern, vergrößern, or ausbauen, depending on nuance.

Grammatical notes

Expandiert forms the finite past tense with haben: Das Unternehmen hat expandiert. As an attributive adjective, it inflects with the noun: expandierte Kapazität, expandierte Systeme. Semantic alternatives include erweitern and ausbauen, which may carry slightly different connotations (broader vs. deeper or more permanent expansion).

See also

Expandieren, Expansion, Erweiterung.