verwalteten

Verwalteten is the simple past tense (Präteritum) form of the German verb verwalten, meaning to manage, administer, or oversee something. It is used with plural subjects in the narrative past, for example: Die Behörden verwalteten die Mittel sorgfältig. The corresponding past participle is verwaltet, which is used with the auxiliary haben to form the present perfect: Die Behörden haben die Mittel verwaltet. In the Präteritum, the singular forms are ich verwaltete, du verwaltetest, er/sie/es verwaltete; the plural forms are wir verwalteten, ihr verwaltetet, sie verwalteten.

Originating from ver- plus walten (or fautively walten in older German), verwalten conveys the sense of handling or exercising administrative control. Related nouns include Verwaltung (administration), Verwalter (administrator) or Verwalterin, and administrative terms such as Verwaltungsakt (administrative act) and Verwaltungskosten (administrative costs).

Usage notes include that verwalteten typically appears in written, formal, or historical narration and in bureaucratic contexts. In everyday speech, speakers more commonly use the present tense verwalten or the perfect haben verwaltet, depending on regional style and register. Misinterpretations may arise with nominal forms or with the related noun Verwaltungen, which refers to administrations or administrative bodies rather than to a verb form.

See also: Verwaltung, Verwalter, Verwaltungsakt, Verwaltungskosten.