kapselte

Kapselte is the simple past tense (Präteritum) of the German verb kapseln, which means to encapsulate, enclose in a capsule, or seal off a substance. It is used in technical and scientific writing to describe the act of placing material inside a capsule or protective shell, or more generally to describe a coating or enclosure. The present tense is kapselt, and the past participle is gekapselt; perfect tenses are formed with haben.

Etymology: The verb kapseln derives from Kapsel, meaning capsule, which itself comes from the Latin capsula. The form kapselte follows regular weak-verb conjugation in German.

Usage and examples: In pharmaceutical manufacturing, a substance may be kapselt in a gelatin capsule. In laboratory contexts, researchers kapsellten a protein inside a polymer shell to improve stability. In broader terms, kapseln can describe coating, sealing, or enclosing objects to protect them or control release. For illustration, a German sentence such as Der Wissenschaftler kapselte das Pulver in eine Gelatinekapsel reflects the meaning; the English translation is “The scientist encapsulated the powder in a gelatin capsule.”

Notes: Kapselte is not a noun; the corresponding noun for a capsule is Kapsel. The present-day everyday German tends to use kapselt (present) and gekapselt (past participle). The form kapselte appears primarily in narrative past contexts.

See also: Kapsel; kapseln; encapsulation.