informierten

Informierten is a form of the German verb informieren, meaning to inform, notify, or educate. In standard grammar, informing is a basic communicative action, while informierten specifically denotes a past-tense form used in writing to describe actions that occurred in the past.

Grammatically, informierten is the Präteritum (simple past) form for certain subjects. In particular, it appears with plural subjects such as wir (we), sie (they), and the formal Sie (you). For singular forms, the past tense uses informierte (for er/sie/es). As a result, sentences like Die Behörden informierten die Bevölkerung yesterday illustrate the use of informierten in narrative or formal prose. In everyday speech, the Perfekt form haben informiert is more common: Die Behörden haben die Bevölkerung informiert.

Nominalization is possible but uncommon. The word Informierte, capitalized as a noun, can refer to people who are informed about a topic, but this usage is rare and mostly found in sociological or journalistic contexts. More frequently, the verb form is used inside clauses rather than as a stand-alone noun phrase.

Relation to related forms: the related past participle is informiert, used with auxiliary haben to form the present perfect or other compound tenses (Die Behörden haben informiert). The base verb infinitive is informieren, and a wide range of periphrastic tenses exist in German through combinations of this verb with tense auxiliaries.

Overall, informierten is a grammatical past-tense form rather than a distinct concept, primarily encountered in written German to describe past acts of informing.