innerer

Innerer is a declined form of the German adjective inner, meaning “inner” or “internal.” It is used attributively before a noun to describe something that relates to the inside or to internal aspects. In German grammar, innerer is one of several possible endings the adjective can take, depending on gender, number, case, and the determiner that accompanies the noun.

In practice, innerer appears most clearly in masculine singular nominative position after certain determiners, especially indefinite articles and possessives: for example, ein innerer Konflikt or mein innerer Bruder. With a definite article the corresponding form is different (der innere Konflikt). For feminine singular nominative, the form is innere (eine innere Reise). For neuter singular nominative or accusative, the form is inneres (ein inneres Problem). In plural, without a determiner, the form is innere (innere Werte), and with a definite article it is die inneren Werte.

The meaning remains the same across usages: relating to the interior or internal aspects of something. The word occurs in everyday language as well as in psychology, philosophy, and other disciplines, in phrases such as innerer Kern (inner core) or the culturally familiar innerer Schweinehund (the internal, often lazy or counterproductive, side of a person).

Overall, innerer is a standard inflected variant of inner used for masculine singular nominative (and in related possessive contexts) and illustrates the broader German adjective-ending system governing attributive adjectives.