konkurriert

Konkurriert is a German word formed from the verb konkurrieren, which means to compete with or to contend against someone or something. The term can appear as the present tense form konkurriert (he/she/it competes) or as the past participle konkurriert, which is used with auxiliary verbs such as hat or ist to form compound tenses (for example, er hat konkurriert, sie ist konkurriert worden). As an attributive or predicative participle, konkurriert can also describe something in a state of competition, for example ein konkurrierendes Unternehmen (a competing company).

In practical use, konkurrieren is common in business, sports, politics, and academia. It governs with prepositions such as mit (to compete with), gegen (to compete against), and um (to compete for), as in Die Firma konkurriert mit drei internationalen Anbietern oder Zwei Teams konkurrieren um den Titel. The noun form Konkurrenz denotes the broader concept of competition or rivalry, as in Marktkonkurrenz or Konkurrenzdruck.

Etymology traces konkurrieren to the Latin concurrere, meaning to run together or to strive together, and it entered German with the sense of contest or competition. The related noun Konkurrenz (competition) and adjectives like konkurrierend (competing) are closely linked in meaning and usage.

See also: Konkurrenz, konkurrierend, konkurrieren. Overall, konkurriert is a versatile form used to express ongoing or completed competition and to describe entities that are in rivalry with one another.