kalkulierte

kalkulierte is a form of the German verb kalkulieren and is also used as an attributive past participle meaning "calculated" or "estimated." Kalkulieren means to calculate, estimate, or budget, especially in financial planning, cost accounting, and risk assessment. The term appears in business, economics, and project planning to describe numbers or plans that have been worked out by calculation.

As a finite verb form, kalkulierte denotes the simple past tense (Präteritum) for the first or third person singular, as in ich kalkulierte (I calculated) or er kalkulierte (he calculated). It can also appear in sentences describing past actions with other subjects and tenses, following standard German conjugation patterns.

As an attributive adjective before a noun, kalkulierte is declined to match gender, number, and case, producing phrases such as kalkulierte Kosten (calculated costs) or eine kalkulierte Strategie (a calculated strategy). The nuance is generally neutral, indicating that the item has been planned or priced through calculation, though in some contexts it can carry a evaluative or cautious tone when used to imply deliberate or strategic design.

Typical domains for the term include budgeting, finance, and planning where estimated items are distinguished from actuals, such as kalkulierte Ausgaben (estimated expenditures) or kalkulierte Risiken (calculated/assessed risks). In journalism or political discourse, phrases like kalkulierte Entscheidung may suggest that a choice was the result of careful calculation, sometimes implying a calculated or strategic move.

Etymology traces kalkulierte back to kalkulieren, derived from Kalkül (calculation), which in turn comes from Latin calculus via French calcul. Related terms include Kalkulation (calculation/budgeting) and Kalkül (calculation or strategic reasoning).