didaktischer

Didaktischer is a German adjective form meaning related to teaching or instruction. It derives from didaktisch, itself from the Greek didaktikos, meaning “apt to teach.” In German, didaktisch describes content, methods, aims, or materials that are intended to teach.

The form didaktischer is the strong inflection of the adjective used when there is no determiner and the noun it modifies is masculine singular, as in didaktischer Text or didaktischer Stil. With a definite article or other determiner, the endings change according to the standard declension rules (for example, der didaktische Text, des didaktischen Textes). In feminine or neuter or plural contexts, other endings apply (didaktische Materialien, didaktische Ziele, etc.).

In educational and linguistic contexts, didaktisch is often used to describe the instructional character of a text, lesson, or approach. The term is common in Didaktik, the theory and practice of teaching, where it concerns how content is selected, structured, and presented to support learning. Didaktisch emphasizes instruction and content delivery, but it can carry a critical nuance if a text or method is perceived as overly didactic, potentially at the expense of learner autonomy or critical engagement. It is related to, but distinct from, pädagogisch (pedagogical) and methodisch (methodological).

Examples include: didaktischer Text, didaktischer Ansatz, didaktische Materialien, didaktischer Zweck.