besseren

Besseren is the inflected form of the German adjective besser, which is the comparative of gut (good). The base form besser is used for comparisons, while bessern is one of its declined endings that appears when the adjective modifies a noun in a specific grammatical case, gender, and number. In other words, besseren is not a separate word with its own meaning; it is the grammatical ending that helps indicate how the noun is being described.

Etymology and related forms: Better comes from the Germanic language family and has cognates in other Germanic languages, such as Dutch beter and English better. The form besseren reflects standard German adjective declension patterns and occurs in several case/gender/number combinations.

Grammatical usage: Besseren appears most commonly in attributive position where the noun is declined and the article (definite or indefinite) or other determiners require the -en ending. Examples include: die besseren Bücher (the better books, nominative plural), den besseren Weg (the better way, accusative masculine singular), dem besseren Mann (to/for the better man, dative masculine singular), einer besseren Zukunft (to/for a better future, dative feminine singular), des besseren Tages (of a better day, genitive masculine singular). It also appears in plural accusative and dative with definite articles: die besseren Ideen, den besseren Freunden.

Predicative use usually employs besser rather than besseren, since the adjective remains in its base comparative form after a linking verb.

Overall, besseren is a common inflected form of the German comparative adjective verstehen that signals a more favorable quality in relation to a noun within a sentence.