Klinischem

Klinischem is a form of the German adjective klinisch, meaning clinical. It is the dative singular form used before masculine or neuter nouns in contexts where no definite article or a similar determiner provides the full gender and number information. In practice, you will often see klinischem in phrases that appear without a preceding article or with a determiner that does not mark the case explicitly.

Morphology and usage

German adjectives are declined to reflect case, gender, and number. In the dative singular, the strong declension yields endings such as -em, producing klinischem for masculine and neuter nouns. When the noun is preceded by a definite article (dem, der, dem) or a determiner that already marks case, the ending is typically -en (e.g., dem klinischen Umfeld). Thus klinischem most commonly appears with no article or with certain determiners in contexts where the reader infers the gender and number from context.

Examples

- mit klinischem Equipment (with clinical equipment)

- in klinischem Umfeld (in a clinical environment)

- im klinischen Umfeld would use dem, not this form

Etymology and meaning

The adjective klinisch derives from Klinik, itself from earlier medical and Greek roots related to a bed or clinical practice. The form klinischem is simply one inflected variant used in German syntax to express the dative case for masculine or neuter nouns without an article or with compatible determiners.

See also

German adjective declension, klinisch, German grammar.