literarischen

Literarischen is the inflected form of the German adjective literarisch, meaning related to literature or literary. It is used to describe nouns in attributive position and follows German declension rules, with endings that indicate case, number, and definiteness.

In the plural after a definite article, the typical form is die literarischen Texte, used for both nominative and accusative plural. Other common forms include dem literarischen Text (dative singular masculine or neuter), des literarischen Textes (genitive singular masculine or neuter), and den literarischen Texten (dative plural). These examples show how the -en ending appears in many cases and numbers for attributive adjectives.

Predicative use differs: when literarisch functions as a predicate adjective after a linking verb, it usually appears in its base form, as in Der Text ist literarisch, rather than literarischen. The inflected form literarischen is thus primarily an attributive form tied to definite determiners and to the noun’s gender and case.

Etymology and scope: literarisch derives from Literatur (literature) with the adjectival suffix -isch; the word ultimately traces to Latin litteratura via historical German development. The term is widely used in literary criticism, academic writing, journalism, and everyday language to describe texts, works, or qualities that pertain to literature rather than to other domains such as science or journalism.

See also: Literatur, literarisch, literarische Texte, literarische Bewegung.