Minimalistischen

Minimalistischen is the inflected form of the German adjective minimalistisch, meaning minimalist. It is used when the adjective is declined to agree with a noun in different grammatical cases. For example, den minimalistischen Stil (accusative masculine singular); in den minimalistischen Räumen (dative plural); des minimalistischen Konzepts (genitive neuter singular). The base noun minimalismus (minimalism) provides the semantic core of the term, which describes a design or aesthetic characterized by simplicity and reduction of elements.

In German usage, minimalistisch and its inflected forms appear across fields such as art, architecture, interior design, fashion, and lifestyle discourse. The term is often translated into English as minimalist or minimalistic, depending on context. The form minimalistischen specifically surfaces when the adjective is declined under a definite or mixed determiner in cases like accusative, dative, or genitive, as shown in the examples above.

Etymology follows the general path of German adoption of the concept of minimalism, with minimalistisch derived from Minimalismus, which itself traces back to the broader concept of minimalism found in international art and design movements. The adjective can pair with a wide range of nouns to describe restrained, elemental, and uncluttered approaches in physical spaces, objects, and visual composition.