biographische

Biographische is the adjectival form in German meaning biographical. It is used to describe content connected with a person’s life and is typically attached to feminine or plural nouns (for example, biographische Angaben, biographische Informationen, biographische Quellen). The base noun Biografie (Biographie) is the related term for a biography, and related adjectives include biographisch or biografisch.

In German-language usage, biographische appears across many domains. It is common in reference works and scholarly writing, as in biographische Lexika (biographical dictionaries) and biographische Handbücher. In literature and film, the term appears in phrases such as biographische Romane (biographical novels) and biografische Filme (biographical films), often in the plural as biographische Darstellungen or biografische Werke. In everyday documents, biographische Angaben or biographische Daten denote biographical information about a person.

The term also aligns with methodological and research contexts. In historical and social science studies, the biographische Methode or biographische Forschung refers to approaches that reconstruct life histories from personal documents, interviews, and archival records to illuminate broader social or historical processes. Near-synonymous forms such as biografisch are used to convey similar meanings, while the precise choice of form can reflect stylistic or regional preferences.

Overall, biographische functions as a versatile descriptor for anything relating to a person’s life in German, spanning dictionaries, literature, media, documentation, and scholarly methods. It sits within a broader family of terms derived from Biografie/Biographie and the core concept of biography in German-language discourse.