informerte

Informerte is the simple past tense form of the Norwegian verb informere, meaning to inform. It is used to indicate that information was conveyed at a past time. In Danish, the equivalent past tense is informerede, not informerte. The term is therefore primarily encountered in Norwegian-language contexts.

In Norwegian Bokmål, informerte is used for all persons in the preterite: jeg informerte, du informerte, han informerte, vi informerte, dere informerte, de informerte. The related past participle is informert, which is used in perfect tenses with the auxiliary har, as in jeg har informert ham. The participle informert can also function as an adjective, often in phrases like et informert valg or en informert borger, meaning a well-informed choice or a well-informed citizen.

Usage and scope: informerte appears in formal, journalistic, administrative, and educational registers wherever a past act of informing is described. It is distinct from present-tense forms that describe current informing, and from the noun forms that might arise in other languages.

Etymology: the form derives from the verb informere, which in turn traces to the Latin informare via Medieval Latin and related European languages. The meaning remains consistent with providing information or making someone aware of facts or circumstances.

See also: informere, informerede (Danish equivalent of the past tense), informert (past participle/adjective form in Norwegian).