Englischer

Englischer is the inflected form of the German adjective englisch, meaning English. It is used primarily as an attributive adjective before masculine singular nouns, for example ein englischer Arzt or ein englischer Mann. In this position it agrees with the noun in gender, number, and case (ein englischer Mann, des englischen Mannes, einem englischen Mann, etc.).

As a substantive, englischer occurs mainly in historical or literary contexts and is rare in contemporary everyday language. In such uses, it can function as a noun meaning “the Englishman” and is capitalized when treated as a proper noun, for instance der Englische or ein Englischer. In modern standard German, however, the more common noun for a person from England is Engländer/Engländerin.

The term also appears in names and phrases that refer to the English style or concept rather than to people. For example, the designation Englischer Garten refers to the English garden landscape style and to the well-known large urban park in Munich, which is named after that style rather than a specific person. In architectural and garden history, phrases like englischer Stil or englischer Landschaftsgarten indicate the influence of English design principles.

Etymology traces englisch to the English word English, itself from Old English Englisċ and ultimately from Proto-Germanic roots connected with the Angles. The adjective appears in German with the same meaning as in English, while the noun usage as a standalone term for an English person is largely superseded by Engländer in modern German.