iberischer

Iberischer is a German adjective meaning "Iberian" or "relating to Iberia," the historical and geographic region of the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, today primarily encompassing Spain and Portugal (with Andorra in the Pyrenees). The term is used in geography, history, archaeology, linguistics, and cultural studies to describe things connected with Iberia or its historical populations.

In German, iberisch is the base form of the adjective, and its endings vary with gender, number, and case. For example, der iberische Staat (masculine singular with a definite article), eine iberische Halbinsel (feminine singular with an indefinite article), or das iberische Erbe (neuter with a definite article). The masculine singular form iberischer appears in contexts without a definite article or with an indefinite article, as in ein iberischer Staat.

The term traces to the classical name Iberia used by Latin and Greek authors for the peninsula. Its precise etymology is debated, but it is linked to ancient geographic identifications of the region and its peoples, including groups such as the Iberians and Celtiberians. In scholarly writing, iberisch appears in discussions of ancient Iberian languages, Iberian archaeology, and Iberian cultural influences in later periods. The adjective is widely understood in German-language texts as referring to the geographic and cultural sphere of the Iberian Peninsula.