interagierte

Interagierte is the simple past tense (Präteritum) form of the German verb interagieren, meaning to interact or to act in response to others. It is used to describe past reciprocal or communicative actions, such as people, groups, or systems influencing one another.

Etymology and usage: Interagieren comes from the Latin verb interagere, meaning to act between or to work with others. In German, interagierte corresponds to the third-person singular and plural forms in the Präteritum, as well as the first-person singular: ich interagierte, du interagiertest, er/sie/es interagierte, wir interagierten, ihr interagiertet, sie/Sie interagierten. The past participle is interagiert, used with the auxiliary haben to form the perfect tense (ich habe interagiert).

Grammatical notes: Interagieren is a regular -ieren verb, so its conjugation follows standard patterns in German. In spoken language, the Perfekt form (ich habe interagiert) is more common in everyday speech, while Präteritum is typical in formal writing, narration, or historical contexts.

Usage examples: In a sentence, one might say, “Während der Projektphase interagierte das Team regelmäßig mit den Stakeholdern,” meaning the team interacted with the stakeholders. In technical contexts, one may refer to how Menschen-Computer-Interaktionen funktionieren, noting how Benutzer und Systeme miteinander interagieren.

See also: Interaktion, das Zusammenwirken von Akteuren, Kommunikationstheorie, Mensch-Computer-Interaktion.