Anspruchsvollerer

Anspruchsvollerer is a nonstandard or less common comparative form of the German adjective anspruchsvoll, meaning demanding or exacting. In standard German, the usual comparative is anspruchsvoller, and the superlative is am anspruchsvollsten. The form anspruchsvollerer is rarely used in prescriptive writing and may be encountered mainly in informal speech, regional usage, or as a result of hypercorrection. In careful, formal text, the standard forms are preferred.

Grammar and usage contexts

German adjectives inflect for gender, number, and case, and the comparative can take different spellings accordingly. For masculine nominative singular with a definite or indefinite determiner, the typical comparative is entschuldled by forms like anspruchsvoller or, in the attributive position before a noun, anspruchsvollerer can appear in some contexts. The feminine and neuter forms follow their own patterns (eine anspruchsvollere Aufgabe; ein anspruchsvollerer Mann). The context and determiner influence which ending is correct, but anspruchsvollerer is not the primary, widely accepted form in most style guides.

Examples

- Standard comparative: Dieser Film ist anspruchsvoller als jener. Eine anspruchsvolle Aufgabe erfordert mehr Zeit.

- With a determiner and attributive use that some speakers might render as more pronounced: Ein anspruchsvollerer Mann könnte andere Kriterien haben. However, this form is less common in formal writing.

Related terms

The base adjective anspruchsvoll derives from Anspruch (demand, claim) and Voll (full), denoting something that requires high standards. The topic connects to the broader concept of Komparativ (comparative) and Steigerung (degree) in German grammar.

See also: anspruchsvoll, Komparativ, Steigerung.