investierte

Investierte is a form of the German verb investieren, meaning to invest. It is the simple past tense (Präteritum) used to describe a completed action in the past. The form appears in various subject contexts, for example ich investierte, er investierte, sie investierte, es investierte, wir investierten, ihr investiertet, sie investierten. The corresponding present perfect form is habe investiert (ich habe investiert).

Etymology and morphology: investieren is a borrowing from French investir, itself derived from Latin roots related to investing and clothing. In Präteritum, the verb takes the -te ending for singular subjects (ich investierte, er investierte, sie investierte, es investierte) and -ten/-tet for plural subjects (wir investierten, ihr investiertet, sie investierten).

Usage and context: investierte is primarily encountered in narrative or formal writing to convey past actions involving allocation of capital, resources, time, or effort. In everyday speech, the present perfect form investieren + haben (ich habe investiert) is more common for describing past investments or decisions.

Nominal use: as a plain verb form, investierte remains lowercase. In rare cases, a participial or nominalized form could appear as Investierte, but such usage is uncommon and often replaced by standard nouns like Investor/Investorin or the plural Die Investierten depending on context.

See also: investieren, Investment, Investor, Präteritum, Perfekt.