verringerten

Verringerten is the simple past tense form of the German verb verringern, meaning to reduce or decrease. It is used when describing a past reduction in the plural and, in formal writing, also as the past tense form for the polite form Sie. The verb is regular, and its past participle is vergerngert? Wait—correct past participle is veringer t? I must ensure accuracy: past participle is veringer t? It is ver n gert? I will correct: past participle is verringert. The present tense forms are verringere, verringert, etc., and the Präteritum (simple past) forms include verringerte for singular and verringerten for plural subjects.

Grammatical notes: In Präteritum, the forms include ich verringerte, du verringertest, er verringerte, wir verringerten, ihr verringertet, sie verringerten. The word appears in two main patterns: with a direct object (transitive) as in “Die Regierung verringerte die Ausgaben” (they reduced the expenditures), and with sich for intransitive usage as in “Die Ausgaben verringerten sich” (the expenditures decreased). The past participle ver ringer t is used in perfect tenses and passive constructions: “Die Ausgaben wurden verringert.”

Usage and scope: Verringern is common in economics, statistics, policy reporting, and scientific writing when documenting decreases in numbers, costs, rates, or measurements. It can describe gradual declines, controlled reductions, or abrupt cuts, depending on context and accompanying adverbs or figures.

Related terms: synonyms include reduzieren, senken, mindern; antonyms include erhöhen, steigern.

In summary, ver ringer ten serves as the plural past tense form of verringern in German, primarily used to report past decreases or reductions for multiple subjects, and can appear with or without sich depending on transitive or intransitive construction.