Biografischen

Biografischen is the inflected form of the German adjective biografisch, which means biographical or relating to a biography. It is used to describe information, works, or characteristics connected with a person’s life. The ending biografischen appears depending on case, number, and the presence of an article.

In usage, biografischen often appears after definite articles in the plural, as in die biografischen Daten (the biographical data). It can also occur with other inflections: nach einer bestimmten Form in singular or plural, das biografische Buch (the biographical book) uses the neuter singular with a definite article; eine biografische Skizze (a biographical sketch) uses the feminine singular with an indefinite article. In contexts without an article or with strong inflection, you may encounter biografische Informationen (biographical information, plural) or biografisches Buch (biographical book, neuter singular).

Etymologically, biografisch comes from Biografie (biography) plus the suffix -isch, forming an adjective that can modify nouns across genders and numbers. The form biografischen is part of the standard German adjective declension system, reflecting its role as a descriptive modifier rather than a separate lexical item.

Typical phrases include biografische Daten, biografische Informationen, biografische Merkmale and biografische Werke. The term is common in academic, historical, journalistic, and biographical writing, where precise lifeworld details are described.

See also: Biografie, Biograf, Biograph. Biografischen, as a word form, is primarily a grammatical feature of German, illustrating how adjectives adapt to case, number, and article in German syntax.