familiäre

Familiäre is an inflected form of the German adjective familiär, meaning relating to family, household, or hereditary in a broader sense. The term is used to describe phenomena that occur within families or arise from familial or inherited factors. In everyday language it can refer to a family-like atmosphere or behavior, but in scientific and medical contexts it most often denotes genetic or hereditary connections.

In medical usage, familiäre describes diseases, traits, or risks that run in families or are inherited. Common collocations include familiäre Erkrankungen, familiäres Risiko, and familiäre Prädisposition. The term helps distinguish inherited or family-linked factors from sporadic, non-familial cases. For example, famliäre Hypercholesterinämie is a well-known hereditary cholesterol disorder, and researchers may discuss familiäre Krebsformen to indicate cancers with a known familial risk.

Grammar and inflection: familiäre is the feminine singular nominative or accusative form, and the plural nominative or accusative form. Other forms follow standard German adjective endings: familiärer (masculine or neuter genitive or dative in certain contexts), familiäres (neuter), etc. When used predicatively with bezugswörter like "bedingt" or "ist," the adjective agrees with the subject.

Related terms include erblich (hereditary), vererbt (inherited), and verwandt (related by blood). While familiär broadly means family-related, its precise sense—especially in medicine—emphasizes inherited or familial causation rather than mere association.