initiere

Initiere is a term found in some German-language technical writings to denote the initial setup phase of a system, process, or project. It is derived from the English initialize and from the Latin root init-, meaning beginning, and is used as a loanword in contexts where a concise label is helpful for describing the first configuration and preparation steps. In many teams, initiere is treated as a distinct phase separate from broader startup or boot processes.

In computing, the initiere phase typically involves loading configuration data, allocating resources, validating prerequisites, establishing connections to databases or services, applying default values, and performing self-checks or health probes. The goal is to bring components to a known, ready state in a repeatable and idempotent manner. In containerized or microservices environments, an initiere step may run before the main application start to ensure that dependencies are present and configurations are correct.

Other domains also use the concept of an initial setup, but the term initiere is mainly found in German-language documentation as a loanword rather than a formal standard. Because it is not widely codified, writers often substitute initialization, initialisierung, or bootstrap to avoid ambiguity.

See also: initialization, initialisierung, bootstrap, configuration management.