pausierten

Pausierten is the Präteritum (simple past) form of the German verb pausieren, which means to pause or suspend activity temporarily. The verb is used to describe a temporary interruption of processes, conversations, broadcasts, sport events, or work routines. As a lehnwort, pausieren derives from the concept of a pause, with usage spreading in German in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Conjugation in Präteritum (example forms): ich pausierte, du pausiertest, er/sie/es pausierte, wir pausierten, ihr pausiertet, sie pausierten. In everyday speech, the perfect tense ich habe pausiert is more common for indicating a past action, whereas the Präteritum is frequent in written language, journalism, and formal narration.

Usage notes: pausieren can describe deliberate delays or interruptions caused by external factors. For example: Der Unterricht pausierte für zehn Minuten. Der Betrieb pausierte aufgrund eines Staus. In media and broadcasting, pausing can refer to a temporary halt of transmission until technical issues are resolved.

Relation to related terms: the noun Pause denotes the break itself, and Pausierung or Unterbrechung are related nouns describing the act or result of pausing. While pausa or pausa-related forms exist in other languages, pausieren and its Präteritum pausierten are standard German usage.

Summary: pausierten marks a past, temporary interruption in German, primarily used in written narratives or formal contexts. Its everyday spoken past is usually expressed with the perfect tense: ich habe pausiert.