Dreimonatige

Dreimonatige is a German adjective meaning lasting three months or occurring over a period of three months. It is used to describe a duration or a time frame and can modify nouns such as Frist, Zeitraum, or Probezeit.

As with other German adjectives, dreimonatige is declined according to gender, case, and article of the noun it describes. The base form dreimonatig is the dictionary form, and dreimonatige appears in attributive position after definite articles or when the noun’s gender and case require the weak ending, for example der dreimonatige Zeitraum, die dreimonatige Frist, or das dreimonatige Intervall. Without a definite determiner, the endings vary (ein dreimonatiger Zeitraum, eine dreimonatige Frist, ein dreimonatiges Intervall). In plural use, the form adapts to the surrounding article and case, often yielding phrases like dreimonatige Fristen or dreimonatige Zeiträume.

Typical contexts for dreimonatige include legal and administrative settings, where deadlines or periods are defined by three months, such as a dreimonatige Frist to submit documents or a dreimonatige Probezeit in employment. It can also appear in contracts, grants, or academic planning to describe durations of roughly three months.

Etymology: the term is formed from drei Monaten, meaning three months, plus the adjectival suffix -ig, indicating a characteristic or duration. While common in formal and semi-formal German, dreimonatige is primarily a descriptive modifier rather than a fixed noun. See also related duration terms such as zweimonatig or viereinmonatig for other time spans.