Adjektivische

Adjektivische is the inflected form of the German adjective adjektivisch, meaning adjectival or pertaining to adjectives. In German grammar, adjectives decline to agree with the gender, number, and case of the noun they modify. The form adjektivische appears mainly as the feminine singular form (nominative or accusative) used before a noun, particularly after a definite article or other determiner that triggers a weak declension. For example: die adjektivische Form (the adjectival form) or eine adjektivische Form (an adjectival form).

The term is used in linguistic and grammatical descriptions to refer to adjectival properties or to describable features that relate to adjectives. It can describe both attributive use (before a noun) and, in some constructions, predicative contexts where the adjective carries the appropriate ending according to case and number. In practice, adjektivische forms appear in phrases such as adjektivische Merkmale (adjectival features) or adjektivische Wendung (adjectival phrase).

Understanding adjektivische involves recognizing its role as a declension variant of the base adjective adjektivisch. It is not a separate lexical item but a grammatical form that signals an adjectival description of a noun. Linguistic discussions often contrast adjectivische forms with other adjective endings to illustrate how German adjectives encode information about gender, number, and case.

See also: Adjektiv, Adjektivdeklination, Adjektivsuffix -isch, Adjektivische Endung.