No. 13,557 in German
datieren
"Datieren" means "to date" or "to assign a date to something."
In a sentence
Die Geologen datieren den Fund auf das Jahr 1000 v. Chr.
The geologists date the find to the year 1000 BC.
Here, the verb 'datieren' is used to denote determining the age of an artifact or discovery.
Er bat mich, den Brief zu datieren, bevor ich ihn absende.
He asked me to date the letter before I send it.
In this sentence, 'datieren' refers to the act of marking a document with a specific date indicating when it was written or processed.
Der Vertrag ist auf das heutige Datum datiert.
The contract is dated today's date.
The term 'datieren' here implies the process of attributing a current date or marking a document with the date it becomes effective.
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