großer

Großer is a German adjective form derived from groß, meaning large or big. It is commonly used in attributive position before a masculine singular noun, as in ein großer Mann or ein großer Hund. With feminine and neuter nouns the corresponding forms are größere and größes, and the plural form is große. The word also participates in the comparative, where größer means “bigger” or “larger,” as in larger comparisons or phrases like größer als. In standard usage, the adjective’s ending varies with case, number, and article, so other inflected forms of groß appear throughout the language.

Historically, the adjective groß comes from Old High German grôz and can be traced to Proto-Germanic roots meaning large or grand. The umlaut alteration of the stem vowel is a common feature in German comparatives and related forms, such as größer (the usual form of “bigger”) in contemporary spelling. Beyond its descriptive use, großer can also appear as a proper noun: as a surname, or in epithets such as Der Große (The Great), used for rulers or eminent figures, for example Friedrich der Große.

In modern writing, größer and related forms are regular parts of everyday speech, literature, and historical writing. The word connects to related terms like Groß, Größe, and Großmacht, which share the same semantic field of size, importance, and scale.