kombinierten

Kombinierten is a form of the German verb kombinieren, meaning to bring together elements to form something new. The term appears in two main grammatical uses: as a finite verb form in the simple past for plural subjects, and as an attributive or predicative past participle form describing combined elements.

As a finite verb, kombinierten is used with plural subjects in the Präteritum: Wir kombinierten verschiedene Zutaten, Sie kombinierten mehrere Ansätze. This usage marks a completed action in the past carried out by more than one subject. In the present tense, the corresponding participial form would be kombiniert.

As an attributive or predicative form, kombinierten appears as the past participle inflected to agree with a plural noun. For example: Die kombinierten Daten zeigen klare Muster. Here it functions like an adjective meaning “the combined data.” In passive constructions, the past participle used is typically kombiniert: Die Daten wurden kombiniert.

The word kombinierten derives from the verb kombinieren, which itself comes from the Latin combinare, through the shared family of European languages (including English combine and Dutch combineren). The term is common in contexts such as cooking, research, data processing, and problem solving, where elements are merged or integrated.

Related terms include Kombination (the noun for the act or result of combining) and kombinieren’s synonyms wie verbinden oder zusammenführen. In usage, kombinierten emphasizes the result of bringing parts together, whereas kombinieren more broadly covers the act of pairing or assembling in various orders and methods.