Ergebnissen

Ergebnissen is a German noun form tied to the base word Ergebnis, which means result or outcome. The form Ergebnissen is not the headword but an inflected plural form used in specific grammatical cases. In standard usage, the regular plural is Ergebnisse, while the genitive plural is der Ergebnisse and the dative plural is den Ergebnissen when an article is present. The bare sequence Ergebnissen commonly occurs in the dative plural after prepositions that require the dative, often without a determiner, as in mit Ergebnissen, aus Ergebnissen or zu Ergebnissen kommen.

Etymology and form. Ergebnis is formed with the prefix er- and the abstract-noun suffix -nis, indicating a produced or yielded outcome. The plural in nominative and accusative is Ergebnisse; the genitive plural is der Ergebnisse; the dative plural (with or without an article) is den Ergebnissen. When the noun is used without a determiner in a prepositional phrase, the form Ergebnissen frequently appears.

Usage. Ergebnissen appears mainly in formal, academic, or technical writing, particularly in discussions of data, findings, or study outcomes. It is part of phrases such as mit Ergebnissen, aus Ergebnissen, zu Ergebnissen kommen, and in den Ergebnissen der Studie. In everyday language, speakers typically use die Ergebnisse or die Resultate for the plural noun in the nominative or accusative case.

See also. Ergebnis; Ergebnisse; Erzeugnisse (results from production); Resultat; Schlussfolgerung.

This entry covers linguistic usage and forms rather than a separate sense of a proper noun or title.