Iberische

Iberische is the German adjective meaning "Iberian" and is used to describe things connected with the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. In encyclopedic and scholarly writing it can refer to geography, history, archaeology, culture, and cuisine associated with the region, particularly Spain and Portugal.

Geographically, the Iberian Peninsula today comprises most of Spain and Portugal, with small portions of southern France historically linked to the region in various contexts. The name Iberia derives from ancient sources that referred to the inhabitants living along the peninsula’s eastern and southern coasts; German usage therefore often adopts Iberisch or Iberische in compound forms such as Iberische Halbinsel or Iberische Kultur.

In historical and archaeological contexts, Iberische Kultur refers to the pre-Roman and early Roman-era cultures of the peninsula; researchers distinguish writing systems of the Iberians, sometimes described as Iberian scripts. In modern usage the term also appears in cultural descriptors such as Iberische Küche (Iberian cuisine), Iberische Kunst and related terms that signal a regional focus on the peninsula’s Spain and Portugal.

Overall, Iberische serves as a regional descriptor used in German-language sources to discuss geography, history, and culture linked to Iberia while avoiding implying a single modern nation or ethnicity.