postulierte
Postulierte is a German word form that can function both as a verb form and as an attributive adjective. As a verb, it is the simple past tense (Präteritum) of postulieren, meaning to postulate, to propose as a basis or hypothesis. As an attributive adjective, it serves the role of the English “postulated,” describing something that has been proposed or assumed. For example: “Der Forscher postulierte eine neue Hypothese” (The researcher postulated a new hypothesis) and “eine postulierte Theorie” (a postulated theory).
Etymology and usage context: The verb postulieren comes from the Latin postulate, via French postuler and other
Distinction from related terms: Postulieren as a verb covers the act of proposing or assuming something as
- Der Forscher postulierte eine kausale Verbindung zwischen den Variablen.
- Die postulierte Theorie muss in weiteren Studien geprüft werden.
- In der Diskussion wurden mehrere postulierte Annahmen genannt.
In summary, postulierte marks both a past action of proposing and an attributive description of something that