ergiebigen

Ergiebigen is an inflected form of the German adjective ergiebig. The base meaning of ergiebig is productive or fruitful, capable of yielding a large amount of output, results, or resources. The form ergiebigen appears in various grammatical cases and numbers, most commonly in plural forms when used with definite articles or after certain determiners, such as in the nominative plural die ergiebigen Ergebnisse or in the dative plural mit ergiebigen Ergebnissen.

In usage, ergiebig describes quantities or findings that are sizable or abundant. It can apply to tangible outputs, such as harvests or mineral resources, as well as to more abstract results, like data, measurements, or conclusions. The adjective is often found in formal or technical writing, including economics, science, and agriculture, where precise assessment of yield or productivity is important.

Examples of typical contexts include describing study findings, yields, or outputs: die ergiebigen Ergebnisse der Untersuchung, die ergiebigen Saaten in der Ernte, or mit ergiebigen Datenbelegen. The word is closely related to synonyms such as ertragreich (high-yield), produktiv (productive), and fruchtbar (fruitful), and it sits within a semantic field that emphasizes abundance and usefulness of produced results.

Etymologically, ergiebig is formed with the prefix er- and a root related to giving or yielding, with the standard German adjective suffix -ig. The precise historical development traces back to older Germanic forms, but the practical sense in modern German is simply “yielding much” or “productive.” See also ertragreich, produktiv, Ertrag, Ernte.