experimentellen

Experimentellen is the inflected form of the German adjective experimentell, meaning "experimental." It is not a standalone noun but a modifier used to describe nouns that pertain to experimentation. The form appears most often in plural contexts and in combinations with articles or determiners that require a specific adjective ending.

Grammatical usage follows standard German adjective inflection rules. With a definite article in the nominative or accusative plural, the ending is -en: die experimentellen Methoden. In the dative plural with a definite article, as in mit den experimentellen Methoden, the ending remains -en. In the absence of a determiner or with certain determiners, the strong or mixed endings determine the form; for example, experimentelle Methoden can occur when there is no determiner or a contrasting determiner is used. The key point is that -en marks the plural form under definite or mixed inflection, while other contexts may yield -e or -en depending on the exact construction.

Examples include: Die experimentellen Methoden wurden bewertet. Wir nutzten die experimentellen Ergebnisse, um hypothesis zu prüfen. Mit den experimentellen Werkzeugen konnten neue Messungen durchgeführt werden.

Etymology and usage notes: experimentellen derives from the adjective experimentell, itself from the noun Experiment with the suffixed -ell. It is widely used in science, engineering, and research discourse to denote methods, results, or instruments that are based on or oriented toward experimentation. As a standalone term, experimentellen functions only as a grammatical form and not as an independent concept.