empfindlicheren

Empfindlicheren is a German adjective form and serves as the comparative of empfindlich, meaning more sensitive or more delicate. It is not a standalone noun; it is an inflected form used before a plural noun.

In grammar, empfindlicheren represents the plural with a weak (dative or accusative) or mixed ending after a definite determiner (such as die, den, der, dieses, jene). The ending -en is the typical weak ending for plural adjectives in these contexts. For example: Die empfindlicheren Sensoren reagieren schneller. Den empfindlicheren Messgeräten traue ich nicht zu viel zu. Der empfindlicheren Sensoren zufolge ist das Messergebnis genauer.

Usage notes and examples:

- In nominative or accusative plural with a definite article: die empfindlicheren Pflanzen, die empfindlicheren Sensoren.

- In dative plural with a definite article: den empfindlicheren Pflanzen, den empfindlicheren Sensoren.

- In genitive plural with a definite article: der empfindlicheren Sensoren.

- In cases without a definite article, the strong ending would typically be empfindlichere (not empfindlicheren), e.g., empfindlichere Pflanzen.

Semantically, empfindlicheren is used when comparing two or more items that share a common noun and are specified or assumed in the discourse. It covers both human and non-human referents (people, objects, instruments) described as more sensitive, delicate, or easily affected.

Etymology: derived from the adjective empfindlich, with the comparative suffix -er and the plural adjective ending -en in contexts requiring weak inflection.