grammatisch
Grammatisch is an adjective in German that means related to grammar or grammatical. It is used to describe things governed by the rules of a language’s grammar, such as sentences, structures, rules, or phenomena observed in language use. In both formal linguistic descriptions and everyday speech, grammatisch appears when discussing how language is organized and how usage conforms to accepted rules.
Etymology and scope: Grammatisch derives from Grammatik (grammar), which in turn comes from the Greek grammatikē,
Usage in linguistics: In linguistic analysis, the related idea is that of grammaticality—the degree to which
Cross-linguistic note: English uses the term grammatical, while German can pair grammatisch with a variety of
See also: Grammatik, Grammaticality, Morphology, Syntax, Linguistics.