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Regionaler

Regionaler is the comparative form of the German adjective regional. It is used to express that something is more regional or more closely tied to a specific region in comparison with another thing. As a modifier, regionaler declines like other adjectives in German, with endings that depend on gender, number, and case. For example, ein regionaler Unterschied (singular, masculine, nominative), regionale Unterschiede (plural), or einen regionalen Unterschied (singular, masculine, accusative). In comparative constructions the form signals a higher degree of regionality, as in Der regionalere Fokus der Studie liegt auf ländlichen Gebieten; regionalere Unterschiede zeigen sich zwischen Stadt- und Landregionen.

In practice, regionaler is most common in formal or technical writing, where authors want to specify that

Etymology and related terms: regional derives from the Latin regionem via French and other European languages,

See also: regional, Regionalität, Regionalisierung, regionalism.

one
object
is
more
regionally
oriented
than
another.
The
phrase
is
frequently
found
in
policy
papers,
market
analyses,
and
academic
texts
dealing
with
geography,
regional
development,
or
cultural
studies.
Because
German
also
allows
periphrastic
expressions,
many
speakers
and
writers
prefer
alternatives
such
as
mehr
regional
to
convey
a
similar
meaning
in
everyday
language.
and
the
suffix
-er
marks
the
comparative
in
German.
Related
concepts
include
Regionalität
(the
quality
of
being
regional)
and
Regionalisierung
(the
process
of
becoming
more
regionally
oriented).