Soziologischer

Soziologischer is a German adjective form related to soziologisch, meaning sociological. It functions primarily as the attributive form for masculine singular nouns in the positive degree, and it can also appear as the comparative form in comparisons (soziologischer als …), though in practice the comparative often uses the same ending with an explicit comparison.

Grammar and usage

In attributive position with a masculine singular noun, it takes the ending -er: ein soziologischer Ansatz. For feminine and neuter nouns, the corresponding positive forms are soziologische (feminine) and soziologisches (neuter). In plural, the adjective takes the form soziologische, as in soziologische Erkenntnisse. The comparative construction typically uses soziologischer in phrases like Dieser Ansatz ist soziologischer als jener.

Meaning and scope

As a form of the base adjective, soziologischer denotes a higher degree of sociological character or relevance when used in comparisons, or acts as the standard positive adjective meaning related to sociology when not in a comparative frame. It is used across academic and analytic writing to describe methods, theories, perspectives, or data with explicit reference to sociology.

Etymology and relation

The word derives from Soziologie (sociology) plus the adjective suffix -isch, with -er added for German inflection in the masculine singular nominative attributive form. It is a common, technical term in German-language sociology, anthropology, and related disciplines.

See also

Soziologie; soziologisch.