Wöchentlicher

Wöchentlicher is a German adjective meaning occurring, appearing, or done on a weekly basis. It is used to describe activities, publications, or events that happen once every seven days. As a derived form from the noun Woche (week) with the suffix -lich, wöchentlicher denotes a weekly frequency when it modifies a noun.

Grammatically, wöchentlicher is an attributive adjective and inflects for gender, number, and case. For example: der wöchentliche Bericht (masculine singular, nominative), eine wöchentliche Sitzung (feminine singular), das wöchentliche Treffen (neuter singular). In plural: die wöchentlichen Berichte, die wöchentlichen Termine. In predicative use after sein, the form typically appears as wöchentlich (adverbial use) rather than wöchentlicher: Der Bericht ist wöchentlich. The two forms therefore serve different syntactic roles: wöchentlicher, wöchentliche, wöchentliches describe a noun, while wöchentlich can function as an adverb.

Usage and domain. Wöchentlicher appears across business, media, academia and everyday language to specify cadence or scheduling. Common phrases include wöchentlicher Bericht, wöchentliche Versammlung, wöchentliche Veröffentlichung oder wöchentlicher Rhythmus. The related adverb wöchentlich is widely used to indicate a recurring weekly frequency without tying to a specific noun.

Etymology and related terms. The word is built from Woche (week) with the adjectival suffix -lich, which yields forms that align with German adjective declension. Related terms include wöchentlich (adverb) and wöchentliches/ wöchentliche, depending on gender and case.