kontrollerte

Kontrollerte is the simple past tense form of the Norwegian verb kontrollere, meaning to control, check, inspect, or regulate. It is used to describe actions that were completed in the past in both Bokmål and Nynorsk.

As a finite verb, kontrollerte denotes a past event or state. Examples: Han kontrollerte bilens dokumenter før reisen. The police kontrollerte passene ved grenseovergangen. In both cases the sentence indicates that the checking action occurred previously.

Grammatical note: kontrollerte is the past tense form, not the past participle. The corresponding participle used in perfect tenses is kontrollert, as in Har kontrollert eller har kontrollert for å formidle completed checking. For example, Jeg har kontrollert alle dokumentene. Thus, kontrollerte is used for simple past statements, while kontrollert is used with auxiliary verbs to form perfect tenses.

Etymology and related terms: The verb kontrollere derives from the noun kontroll (control). The word is part of a family of terms related to oversight and verification that are common in many Germanic languages. Related Norwegian forms include kontroll, kontrollere (to control), and kontrollør (controller or supervisor).

Usage notes: Kontrollerte can appear in narrative past tense in news reporting, storytelling, and everyday speech. It should not be confused with the past participle kontrollert, which expresses a completed action in compound tenses. The term is widely understood in Norwegian-speaking contexts and is primarily a standard lexical item rather than a specialized term.

See also: kontroll, kontrollere, kontrollør, kontrollerende.