präzisierten

Präzisieren is a German verb meaning to make something more precise, to specify details, or to refine a statement, data, or instructions so that ambiguities are reduced. The form präzisierten is the Präteritum (simple past) for third-person plural subjects, and can also appear with formal address (Sie) in narrative or reporting contexts.

Typical contexts are academic, technical, legal, and administrative writing, where definitions, requirements, or methods must be clarified. For example: "Die Forscher präzisierten ihre Hypothese" or "Die Anforderungen wurden präzisiert" (passive voice).

Origin: The verb is formed from the adjective präzise with the derivational suffix -isieren, and it is commonly linked to the French verb préciser. The related noun Präzisierung denotes the act or result of making something more precise; the related adjective is präzise.

In usage, präzisieren often appears when a writer or speaker wants to move from a general or vague description to a clearly defined, unambiguous statement. The term is widely understood in scientific, technical, and bureaucratic language, and its negation is imprecisieren or unpräzisieren, though these forms are rare in everyday speech.