operiert

Operiert is the past participle of the German verb operieren, which means to operate. In medical contexts it denotes that a surgical procedure has been performed on someone. The term can also function as an adjective to describe a person or body part that has undergone surgery, as in “ein operierter Patient” or “der operierte Arm.”

Usage outside medicine is limited; more common expressions for handling tools or running activities include betreiben, bedienen, or durchführen eine Operation. Nevertheless, operieren appears in formal or clinical language, and in reports or headlines as “Der Patient wurde operiert” (The patient was operated on).

Grammatical notes: The verb conjugates as ich operiere, du operierst, er operiert, wir operieren, ihr operiert, sie operieren. The simple past is formed as “operierte” (ich operierte, du operierte, etc.), and the perfect tense is formed with haben: ich habe operiert. Passive forms include “wird operiert” (is operated on) and “wurde operiert” (was operated on).

Etymology: The word derives from the noun Operation, from Latin origin operatio, meaning a working or intervention, and entered German via medical usage, with influence from French opérer.

See also: Operation, Operationen, Operation (medicine). In English, operieren translates as “to operate” or “to operate on,” depending on context; operiert corresponds to “operated” or “has operated on.”