Jährliche

Jährliche is a German adjective meaning yearly or annual. It describes something that occurs once every year or lasts for a year, and it is commonly used to indicate frequency or periodicity before a noun. The base adverbial form is jährlich; jahrliche is the attributive form used directly before a noun.

Declension and usage: After definite articles, yearly changes take the weak ending -e or -en depending on gender and number. Examples: die jährliche Veranstaltung (feminine singular), das jährliche Ergebnis (neuter singular), die jährlichen Berichte (plural). With indefinite articles or without articles (strong declension), you would say: ein jährlicher Bericht (masculine singular), eine jährliche Veranstaltung (feminine singular), ein jährliches Ergebnis (neuter singular), jährliche Berichte (plural). In practice, jahrliche is most visible in phrases like diesjährige Formulierungen, where the ending adapts to the noun it modifies.

Etymology and related forms: Jährliche derives from Jahr (year) with the suffix -lich, indicating belonging to or occurring with respect to a year. It is closely related to the noun form Jahres- when used as a prefix in compounds (Jahresbericht, Jahreszeit) and to the adverb jährlich, meaning “annually.” It is distinct from jährlich as an adverb and from other time-related adjectives such as monatlich (monthly) or wöchentlich (weekly).

Examples and usage notes: Common collocations include jährliche Wartung, jährliche Berichterstattung, and jährliche Zinsen, all indicating events or processes that recur each year. The word is neutral in tone and standard in formal and technical German, including business, administration, and reporting contexts.

See also: Jahr, jährlich, Jahresbericht, Jahreszeit.