allgemeinen

Allgemeinen is a declined form of the German adjective allgemein, which means general or broad. It is used when the adjective accompanies a noun in contexts where definite articles or similar determiners are present. The form allgemein appears in several plural and feminine or mixed contexts, depending on case.

Typical usages include:

- Nominative or accusative plural after a definite article: Die allgemeinen Regeln, Die allgemeinen Eigenschaften.

- Dative plural after a definite article: Den allgemeinen Regeln gelten schwere Anforderungen? (example style)

- Genitive plural after a definite article: Der allgemeinen Regeln Bedeutung.

- Feminine singular in dative or genitive after a definite article: der allgemeinen Meinung, der allgemeinen Idee.

In short, allwennigen indicates that what is being described is general or broad rather than specific, and it will take the -en ending in many common determiner contexts. For example: Die allgemeinen Schwierigkeiten (the general difficulties); mit den allgemeinen Prinzipien (with the general principles).

Notes on usage:

- Allgemein is also used as an adverb meaning generally, often in the phrase im Allgemeinen.

- The noun form das Allgemeine exists for referring to general matter or the general idea, but this is a separate nominal use rather than a plain inflected adjective form.

Overall, allgemein and its inflected form allgemeinen function to express general characteristics or broad considerations, and they are a standard part of attributive adjective usage in German grammar.