mehrjahrigen

Mehrjährig is a German adjective meaning lasting for or involving more than one year. It is used to describe activities, plans, contracts, or plants that extend over several years. In attributive position the word is declined to agree with the noun (for example: der mehrjährige Vertrag, die mehrjährigen Planungen, mehrjährige Pflanzen). The term can also appear predicatively in some contexts.

In botany, mehrjährig is commonly used to refer to perennials—plants that survive beyond a single growing season and regrow each year. This contrasts with einjährig (annual) plants, which complete their life cycle in one year, and zweijährig (biennial) plants, which take two years. Mehrjährige Pflanzen include many herbaceous species as well as trees and shrubs, and they often bloom repeatedly across their lifespan.

In economics and public administration, mehrjährig describes schedules, budgets, or forecasts that span multiple years. A mehrjähriger Haushaltsplan or mehrjährige Planung implies planning horizons of two or more years, frequently three to five years, to coordinate long-term goals, investments, and policy development. The term signals a shift away from short-term, annual views toward extended timeframes.

Etymologically, mehrjährig derives from mehr (more) and jährlich (yearly), emphasizing the duration across several calendar years. Related terms are einjährig (one-year), zweijährig (two-year), and mehrjährig in various compound phrases.