extendierten

Extendierten is the simple past tense form of the German verb extendieren, which means to extend, lengthen, or broaden in scope. The verb is a borrowed, regular -ieren verb that has become common in technical and professional German, especially in contexts involving data ranges, timeframes, features, or physical measurements.

Morphology and usage notes

Extendieren forms its simple past tense (Präteritum) with -ierte for the singular and -ierten for the plural in the appropriate person: ich extendierte, du extendiertest, er extendierte, wir extendierten, ihr extendiertet, sie extendierten. The past participle of extendieren is extendiert, used with auxiliary haben (hat extendiert) to form the perfect tense: Wir haben den Bereich extendiert. In everyday German, speakers often prefer synonyms like erweitern or vergrößern, but extendieren remains common in technical writing, IT, engineering, and industry-specific discourse, particularly when the English loanword extend- is being used or highlighted.

Context and scope

Extendieren is used to describe increasing the extent, range, duration, or capacity of something. Typical applications include extending a contract term, extending a software feature set, extending the range of a sensor, or extending time windows in planning. The choice of terminology can reflect the domain: in some fields, extendieren may convey a precise technical nuance about continuity or boundary modifications, while in others mehrsprachige or cross-domain texts may favor more general terms such as erweitern.

Related terms

Related forms include extendiert (past participle) and extendiertest, extendierten, etc., as well as related verbs like erweitern and vergrößern, which may be preferred in more conventional or non-technical German. The concept behind extendieren is broadly understood as making something longer, wider, or more comprehensive.

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