brüchigen

Brüchigen is the inflected plural form of the German adjective brüchig, which means brittle, fragile, or easily broken. It can describe physical objects that have cracks or are structurally weak, as well as situations or claims that are unreliable or unstable when used figuratively.

In plural usage, brüchigen appears after definite determiners in the accusative or dative cases. For example, die brüchigen Scheiben can be either nominative or accusative plural, and den brüchigen Scheiben is the dative plural. Without a determiner, the corresponding nominative or accusative plural form is brüchige Scheiben. These inflections reflect standard German adjective declension patterns.

Common examples include brüchigen Scheiben (fragile sheets), brüchige Brücken (fragile bridges), or brüchige Versprechen (fragile promises). The term is versatile and can describe both concrete objects and abstract concepts that are prone to failure or unreliability.

Etymologically, brüchig derives from a root related to fracture or breaking, and brüchigen uses the grammatical plural form in contexts governed by definite determiners. The word is widely used in technical descriptions, everyday speech, and literary language to convey fragility or unreliability.

See also: brüchig, Bruch, Fragilität.