eventuellen

Eventuellen is the inflected form of the German adjective eventuell, which means possible, potential, or contingent. The base adjective eventell/e has two common uses: as an adverb meaning perhaps or possibly, and as an attributive adjective modifying nouns. The form eventuellen appears when the adjective is declined to fit a specific grammatical case, gender, and number of the noun it accompanies, typically after definite articles or in certain fixed expressions.

In adverbial use, eventuell stays unchanged: for example, Es könnte eventuelI später sein. (Es könnte eventuell später sein.) When used attributively before a noun, the ending follows standard German adjective declension rules. Examples include die eventuellen Änderungen (feminine plural nominative), den eventuellen Fall (masculine singular accusative), das eventuelle Risiko (neuter singular nominative), or den eventuellen Risiken (plural). In these cases the form shown is eventuellen or eventuelle depending on gender, number, and case, with eventuellen appearing after definite determiners or in other declined positions.

Etymology traces eventuell to Latin eventualis, via French and other European languages, reflecting the sense of something that could occur given certain conditions. The noun form Eventualität refers to the notion of eventuality or possible outcomes; its plural Eventualitäten denotes potential scenarios.

In practice, eventuellen is a grammatical inflection rather than a standalone lexical item. Its correct use hinges on the noun’s gender, number, and case, as well as whether the adjective is used with or without a definite determiner. As a general guideline, use the base adjective eventuell for adverbial meaning “perhaps,” and apply the appropriate -en ending in forms like die eventuellen Änderungen or den eventuellen Fall.