informierte

Informierte is a German verb form, serving as the simple past tense (Präteritum) of the verb informieren, which means to inform. This form is used to describe a completed act of informing in the past, typically in written narration or formal contexts. For example, in the sentence “Ich informierte ihn gestern über den Termin,” informierte marks the past action performed by the speaker.

The past tense form reflects standard regular-verb patterns in Präteritum: the verb stem informier- receives the appropriate past tense ending, resulting in forms such as ich informierte, er informierte, wir informierten. The corresponding past participle is informiert, which is used with the auxiliary verb haben to form the present perfect (Perfekt), as in “Ich habe informiert.”

Although informierte is common in written German, spoken language more frequently uses the Perfekt, e.g., “Ich habe ihn gestern informiert.” The Präteritum of informieren is still widely understood and encountered in news reports, literature, and formal writing.

Related terms include the infinitive informieren and the noun information (Information). The adjective informed is not a direct translation in this context; instead, “informiert” functions as the past participle used in perfect constructions (ich habe informiert) or as an adjective in other contexts (eine informierte Entscheidung).

See also: informieren (verb), Information (noun), Präteritum (grammatical tense).