botanischen

Botanischen is the inflected form of the German adjective botanisch, meaning related to botany or plant life. It is used to describe nouns in contexts involving plant science, plant life, or horticulture. The form appears in plural and in many singular contexts when a determiner (such as der, die, das, ein, kein, dieser) is present, and it marks the appropriate case ending according to German declension.

Etymology and meaning: The adjective botanisch derives from Botanik, the science of plants, which itself comes from the Greek botane (plant). In German, botanisch is commonly used to label concepts, studies, and objects related to plant science, such as botanical gardens, botanical characteristics, or botanical terminology.

Grammar and usage: Botanischen occurs in several common patterns. In plural with a definite article, it appears as die botanischen Gärten (nominative or accusative) and den botanischen Gärten (dative). In the genitive plural it is der botanischen Gärten. In singular forms it appears as dem botanischen Garten (masculine or neuter dative) or der botanischen Pflanze (feminine dative). When used without a definite article in plural, the form is botanische Gärten.

Examples: botanische Forschung (botanical research); in den botanischen Gärten arbeiten zahlreiche Forscher; Merkmale der botanischen Pflanzenkunde; botanische Zeichnungen zeigen die Struktur von Blättern.

See also: Botanik, Pflanzenkunde, Botanikterminologie.