genauen

Genauen is a declined form of the German adjective genau, which means exact or precise. It is not a separate lexical item; rather, it functions as an attributive adjective whose form changes to reflect gender, number, and case, as well as the presence of a determiner.

In standard German, adjectives that follow a definite determiner (der, die, das, or related words) take weak endings. The form genauen appears in several common contexts, especially in singular masculine accusative (den genauen Mann) and in plural forms (die genauen Daten). It also appears in other cases with different definite determiners, for example dem genauen Mann (dative masculine singular) or der genauen Frau (genitive/singular feminine with a related determiner). In phrases with a determiner, genauen is a typical ending for the adjective in many gender and case combinations.

Examples:

- Den genauen Ort habe ich markiert. (accusative masculine singular)

- Die genauen Daten sind im Bericht enthalten. (nominative plural)

- Mit der genauen Beschreibung lässt sich das Problem leichter lösen. (dative feminine singular)

- Der genauen Frau wurde geholfen. (genitive feminine singular)

Without a determiner, other endings of genau are used, depending on the declension pattern (strong or mixed). Genauen remains a key form in everyday German for phrases that specify precision when referring to a known item or set of items. See also genau, Genaugkeit, and German adjective declension.