migrierte

Migrierte is the Präteritum (simple past) form of the German verb migrieren, which means to migrate or relocate. In ordinary narrative text it is used to describe moves, transfers, or transitions that have occurred in the past. The form can appear with ich or er/sie/es as the subject, for example ich migrierte or er migrierte. The related forms include du migriertest, wir migrierten, ihr migriertet, and sie migrierten. The past participle is migriert, and the auxiliary verb used in compound tenses depends on the sense: hatte or ist, depending on whether the usage treats the action as a transitive transfer (haben) or an intransitive movement (sein).

Etymology and usage domains: Migrieren is a German loanword modeled on the English migrate, with roots linked to the Latin migratio through common European language contact. The term is widely used in two main domains. In geography and demography, migrieren describes population movements, such as people who moved from rural areas to cities. In information technology and data management, migrieren refers to transferring or relocating data, applications, or systems from one environment to another, often for modernization or consolidation. In both domains, the Präteritum migrierte is encountered in historical accounts, research reports, or project retrospectives.

Context and related terms: The noun form Migration denotes the act or process of moving, while die Datenmigration or Datenmigration specifically refers to moving data between storage locations or formats. Related verbs include migreren (less common in standard German) and the broader concept of relocating or transferring in IT contexts. See also Migration, migrate (English), and Datenmigration for further context.