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dramatischen

Dramatischen is the inflected form of the German adjective dramatisch, which means dramatic or theatrical. It is not a separate word, but a morphological form that the adjective takes within German grammar, specifically the weak declension after definite determiners or other words that mark the determiner.

In everyday usage, dramatischen appears in several common cases. In plural, after a definite article, the form

Semantically, dramatischen carries the same core meaning as dramatisch, describing something related to drama or something

In summary, dramatischen is the common inflected form of the adjective dramatisch used with definite determiners,

is
die
dramatischen
…
(for
example,
die
dramatischen
Filme).
In
the
dative
plural
it
appears
as
den
dramatischen
…
(den
dramatischen
Filmen).
In
genitive
plural
it
also
appears
with
the
ending
-en
(der
dramatischen
Filme).
In
singular,
the
form
occurs
in
various
contexts
that
require
the
weak
ending:
dem
dramatischen
Mann,
der
dramatischen
Frau,
dem
dramatischen
Kind.
The
genitive
singular
of
masculine
or
neuter
is
des
dramatischen
Mannes
or
des
dramatischen
Kindes,
while
feminine
genitive
is
der
dramatischen
Frau.
with
emotional
intensity
or
a
theatrical
quality.
The
exact
ending
reflects
the
noun’s
gender,
number,
and
case,
following
standard
German
adjective
declension
rules.
Therefore,
dramatischen
functions
as
a
grammatical
variant
rather
than
as
an
independent
lexical
item,
and
it
is
encountered
across
genres,
including
literary,
theatrical,
and
formal
prose.
especially
in
plural
and
in
several
singular
cases,
to
express
a
sense
of
drama
or
theatricality.