kartierten

Kartierten is the simple past tense (Präteritum) of the German verb kartieren, which means to map, chart, or survey an area. The form is used with plural subjects or with the first-person plural in narration, for example: Wir kartierten das Küstengebiet oder Sie kartierten mehrere Inseln. The corresponding third-person plural form is sie kartierten.

As a past tense form, kartierten typically appears in written or formal narrative to describe actions completed in the past. It is regularly used in scientific, geographic, archaeological, or planning contexts where researchers or teams report what they mapped or surveyed.

The past participle of kartieren is kartiert, which is used with auxiliary haben to form the present perfect or pluperfect, as in Sie haben das Gebiet kartiert (they have mapped the area) or Die Küstenlinie wurde kartiert (the coastline was charted). In adjectival use, the participle can appear as kartiertes Gebiet or kartierte Gebiete to mean “charted area(s).” The adjective form follows standard German declension rules.

Common areas of usage include geographic surveys, environmental monitoring, urban planning, and historical or archaeological mapping. The term conveys the act of creating a map-based record of features, boundaries, resources, or phenomena.

Etymology and related terms: kartieren derives from Karten (maps) plus the German verb suffix -ieren. Related nouns include Kartierung (the act of mapping or mapping project) and Kartograf (cartographer). Overall, kartierten functions as a straightforward past-tense form describing completed mapping activities.