expandierten

Expandieren is a German verb borrowed from English to expand. It means to increase in size, extent, scope, or capacity, or to extend a range or operation. In German, common native synonyms are erweitern, vergrößern, ausbauen; expandieren is frequent in technical, business, science, and IT contexts.

Grammatically, expandieren is regular. The past tense forms with haben: ich expandierte (first person singular); wir expandierten (we). The past participle is expandiert. The form expandierten is the Präteritum for third-person plural, as in sie expandierten ihr Geschäft (they expanded their business). The perfect is Sie haben ihr Geschäft expandiert.

Etymology: expandieren comes from the English verb expand, which in turn derives from Latin expandere (ex- “out” + pandere “to spread”).

Usage notes: In formal writing, German often prefers native terms like erweitern, ausbauen, or vergrößern. Expandieren appears in corporate, IT, biotech, and startup language and can imply planned or rapid growth, geographic expansion, or capacity increases. It may apply to markets, operations, storage, or software features.