kommunizierten

Kommunizierten is the simple past (Präteritum) form of the German verb kommunizieren, meaning to communicate. In standard conjugation, kommunizierten is used with plural subjects—as in wir kommunizierten, sie kommunizierten, und Sie kommunizierten—in phrases describing past communication. The corresponding first-person singular or third-person singular forms are kommunizierte (ich kommunizierte, er/sie/es kommunizierte). The past participle is kommuniziert and is used with the auxiliary haben: ich habe kommuniziert, wir haben kommuniziert.

In usage, kommunizierten frequently appears in written narratives, reports, and formal prose to denote past communication events. In everyday spoken German, the Perfekt form haben kommuniziert is more common for past actions: wir haben kommuniziert, er hat kommuniziert. The term is connected to the noun Die Kommunikation and to the adjective kommuniziert, and its formation traces back to the Latin communicare, via the Germanic word-building around Kommunikation.

Examples include: "Die Parteien kommunizierten ihre Positionen während der Konferenz." "Wir kommunizierten regelmäßig über den Statusbericht." In information-technology, organizational, and academic contexts, the verb covers verbal and written exchange, including signaling, messaging, and information sharing, as well as nonverbal communication. The form kommunizierten thus serves as a historical, narrative past tense in German, with its usage typically aligned with formal or literary style, while spoken language tends to favor the Perfekt.