kommunizierte

Kommunizierte is the simple past tense (Präteritum) form of the German verb kommunizieren, meaning to communicate. It denotes that communication took place in the past. In German, the Präteritum has distinct endings for different subjects; kommunizierte appears as the form for ich (I) and for er/sie/es (he/she/it) in the singular. The corresponding plural forms are wir kommunizierten, ihr kommunizierten, and sie kommunizierten. The form is primarily used in written German, such as in novels, reports, and historical accounts, and is less common in everyday spoken language, where the perfect tense with haben (haben kommuniziert) is typically preferred.

Grammatical role and usage are straightforward: kommunizierte functions as a finite verb in clauses set in the past. It is not the past participle; the past participle of kommunizieren is kommuniziert, used with auxiliary haben to form the present perfect (ich habe kommuniziert). The Präteritum form kommunizierte is thus distinct from the participle and from other past forms.

Etymology and related forms reflect its roots. The verb komm unizier en traces to the Latin communicare through the German verb family by way of the word communizieren in earlier practice and standard German, sharing a lineage with other verbs built on the concept of sharing or exchanging information. In English, kommunizierte corresponds to “communicated.”

See also: kommunizieren, Präteritum, Perfekt, German verb conjugation.