Flektiertes

Flektiertes is a term used in linguistics to describe a word form that shows grammatical inflection. It derives from flektieren, meaning to change a word to express grammatical information such as case, number, gender, tense, mood or person. In this sense, a flektierte Form is any form of a word that is not its base or lemma.

In grammar, inflection (Flexion) is contrasted with derivation, the creation of new words with different meanings. Flektierte Formen arise from the grammatical system of a language and are typically required by the syntactic context, such as the function of a word in a sentence or its agreement with other elements. The concept applies to various word classes, including nouns, adjectives, pronouns and verbs.

Examples help illustrate flektierte Formen. Nouns have inflected forms: das Mann, des Mannes, die Männer zeigen case and number changes. Verbs have conjugated forms: gehen, geht, ging reflect person and tense. Adjectives can be flektiert as in der große Hund or der großen Hund, depending on the determiner and case, with endings signaling grammatical relations. In dictionaries and grammar descriptions, it is common to distinguish the lemma (the uninflected base form) from its flektierte Formen.

Understanding flektiertes forms is essential for analyzing sentence structure, learning language morphology, and reading grammatically accurate texts. Related concepts include Flexion, Deklination, Konjugation and the broader study of inflectional systems in languages.