navigiert

Navigiert is the third-person singular present tense form of the German verb navigieren. It means to steer or guide a vessel, aircraft, or vehicle along a course, to determine position and route, or to orient oneself in a space. The term is also used metaphorically to describe guiding through complex information or a task, for example when using a computer interface or navigating a website.

Navigieren is a regular -ieren verb. In the present tense: ich navigiere, du navigierst, er navigiert, wir navigieren, ihr navigiert, sie navigieren. The Präteritum (simple past) is navigierte; the past participle is navigiert, and the perfect is formed with haben, as in Er hat das Schiff navigiert. The verb typically takes a direct object, such as das Schiff or das Flugzeug, and can be accompanied by prepositional phrases like durch den Sturm.

Etymology and cognates: navigieren is borrowed from the Romance languages, with roots in Latin navigare (to sail), which itself derives from navis (ship). The German term is related to the English navigate and to the noun Navigation; in German, Navigation also refers to the science and practice of determining a route, as well as to automated or electronic guidance systems.

Uses in modern language: in nautical and aviation contexts, navigieren describes steering and route-finding; in technology and everyday speech, it is common to speak of “durch das Menü navigieren” or “im Browser navigieren,” and of GPS devices as a navigator or Navi. The form navigiert specifically marks the subject as he, she, or it.