biografischer

Biografischer is a German adjective meaning biographical or relating to a biography. It describes content that concerns a person’s life or life story and is used before a noun with appropriate gender endings, for example: ein biografischer Film (a biographical film), der biografische Bericht (the biographical report), die biografische Quelle (the biographical source).

Origin and form: The adjective derives from Biografie (biography) with the suffix -isch. Biografischer is the masculine nominative singular form; the other inflections follow standard German adjective declension: die biografische Person, das biografische Profil, die biografischen Daten. It can also occur in compound expressions such as biografischer Hintergrund or biografische Darstellung.

Usage: In film studies, journalism, literature, and museum labeling, biografischer describes material or works based on real life. Common phrases include biografischer Film, biografische Dokumentation, and biografische Note. The term signals life-based content rather than fictional material, and it is typically used as an attributive adjective rather than as a standalone noun.

Relation to related terms: The English equivalents are "biographical" or, in a film context, "biopic." In German, biografisch and related forms are used similarly to describe life-based content. The noun form for a life story is Biografie; biografischer is the descriptive adjective form used to modify this or related nouns.