Manuellen

Manuellen is the plural weak inflection of the German adjective manuell, used when describing plural nouns with a definite determiner. It expresses the sense of something being done by hand or operated manually, as opposed to automatic or automated processes. In sentences where a definite article or determiner precedes a plural noun, the adjective takes the ending -en, producing manuellen. For example: Die manuellen Geräte sind zuverlässig. Ich prüfe die manuellen Prozesse. Mit den manuellen Schritten lassen sich Fehler vermeiden. Die Effizienz der manuellen Prozesse variiert je nach Kontext.

Grammatical notes: The form manuellen appears only in plural and after definite references. When the noun is singular, the corresponding forms are manuell (masculine/neuter), manuelle (feminine), or manuelle (plural) depending on number and gender. In the plural, other determiner options such as keine, meine, or diese will also influence the ending according to the same weak declension rules, typically yielding manuellen in the plural after definite references.

Etymology and usage: The adjective manuell comes from the Latin manualis via French or directly through historical German usage, and it denotes operations performed by hand rather than by machines. In technical writing, manuellen is common in discussions of processes, inspections, and equipment that require human intervention. The term is contrasted with automatisch or mechanisch, which describe automated or mechanical operations.

See also: manuell, manual, automatisiert, mechanisch. Note that manuellen is a grammatical form rather than an independent noun; its precise meaning depends on the noun it modifies and the surrounding determiner.