Außerordentlichen

Außerordentlichen is the inflected form of the German adjective außerordentlich, meaning extraordinary, exceptional, or outside the ordinary. It does not denote a separate word or concept by itself; rather it is the form that the adjective takes when it accompanies a noun in certain grammatical cases, numbers, and genders.

In German, adjectives agree with the noun they describe. The ending of außerordentlich changes according to case, number, gender, and the presence of determiners. For example, examples in common contexts include:

- eine außerordentliche Leistung (feminine singular, nominative)

- ein außerordentliches Ereignis (neuter singular, nominative)

- den außerordentlichen Antrag (masculine singular, accusative)

- die außerordentlichen Maßnahmen (plural, nominative)

- unter außerordentlichen Umständen (plural, dative)

- in außerordentlichen Fällen (plural, dative)

Common uses of außerordentlich in compound phrases emphasize exceptional character or significance, such as außerordentliche Generalversammlung, außerordentliche Kündigung oder außerordentlich hohe Ausschüttungen. In legal, administrative, or business language, the form außerordentlichen frequently appears in formal clauses where a definite or context-specific noun is present.

Etymologically, außerordentlich combines außer-, meaning outside or beyond, with ordentlich, meaning orderly or regular, reflecting the sense of departing from the normal order. The adjective can also function as an adverb in the unchanged form außerordentlich, meaning extraordinarily, when modifying verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

Overall, außerordentlichen is one of several inflected forms of außerordentlich used to align the adjective with the surrounding noun and syntactic role in a sentence.