Europäischer

Europäischer is a German adjective meaning European, used to describe things related to Europe or to Europe-wide scope. It forms the base adjective europäisch and has inflected forms that align with gender, number, and case in German. The common masculine nominative singular form is europäischer, while other forms include europäisches (neuter nominative) and europäische (feminine or plural). In attributive position, strong declension yields europäischer Standard, europäischer Rat (example in a sentence: europäischer Standard), and similar patterns. In predicative use, the adjective typically appears in the base form europäisch (Der Standard ist europäisch).

Etymology and usage context: Europäisch derives from Europa (Europe) with the German suffix -isch, a pathway shared by related terms in several European languages. The word is used across politics, law, culture, geography, and economics to signal European origin, affiliation, or scope. It is common in discussions about Europe-wide policies, standards, or identities.

Capitalization and official names: In ordinary text, europäischer is lowercase. When part of an official title or proper noun, it is capitalized as Europäischer, for example Europäischer Rat or Europäischer Gerichtshof, reflecting standard German capitalization rules for proper names.

See also: European, Europe, EU, Europäer. Etymology: from Europa/Europaeus, with further influence from French européen in some historical stages.