Breitere

Breitere is the comparative form of the German adjective breit, meaning wider or broader. It is used before a noun and inflects according to gender and number, typically when a determiner such as a definite or indefinite article is present. The form breitere appears in common phrases describing width or breadth.

In singular usage with a definite determiner, breitere is common: die breitere Straße (the wider street), der breitere Mann (the broader man), das breitere Haus (the broader house). In plural with a definite determiner, the form is die breiteren Straßen (the wider streets). With an indefinite determiner or in strong declension, other endings occur, such as eine breitere Sicht (a broader view) or größere phrases without a determiner may use different endings depending on the declension pattern.

Breitere can also appear in nonliteral, metaphorical contexts, describing broader scope, broader horizons, or wider implications, for example in journalism, urban planning, and everyday speech. It is a standard, neutral term that contrasts with the positive form breit (wide) and the superlative breiteste (broadest).

Origin and morphology: breitere derives from breit plus the comparative ending -er, with the additional inflectional endings to agree with gender and number. The adjective breit itself traces back to Old High German and Proto-Germanic roots meaning broad or expansive.

See also: breit, Breite, German adjective declension, comparative and superlative forms.