kassierten

Kassierten is the simple past tense (Präteritum) of the German verb kassieren. The verb has several related meanings tied to money and payments: to cash a payment instrument such as a check, to collect money owed, or to charge a price or fee. It can also mean to confiscate or seize money or goods by authorities, as in Die Behörde kassierte das Bußgeld. The form kassierten is used with plural subjects or with wir or sie in past narrative; the corresponding past participle is kassiert, which is used with haben in the perfect tense (Wir haben kassiert).

In everyday language kassieren is common in business and financial contexts. Examples: Wir kassierten heute 1.000 Euro. Die Banken kassierten Gebühren. Die Firma kassierte eine Strafe. In colloquial usage, the related expression abkassieren means to rake in money or to profit, sometimes with a negative nuance: Der Veranstalter hat ordentlich abkassiert.

Etymology and scope: kassieren derives from Kasse, the cash desk or cash register, reflecting the core sense of taking money in exchange for goods, services, or penalties. The term spans formal financial transactions, taxation and penalties, and broader idiomatic uses related to obtaining money.

See also: Kasse, Kassier, Abkassieren.