mehrseitigen

Mehrseitigen is a German adjective meaning “having many sides” or “comprising several pages.” Its base form is mehrseitig, used to describe objects with multiple sides or pages. Like other adjectives, mehrseitig inflects according to case, gender, and number, so the form mehrseitigen appears in several contexts (for example: dem mehrseitigen Dokument, den mehrseitigen Dokumenten, die mehrseitigen Seiten).

Contexts and usage

The term is common in geometry and design when referring to polygons or polyhedra with many sides, as well as in publishing, printing, and digital media to describe documents, layouts, forms, or websites that span multiple pages. In publishing, you might hear about eine mehrseitige Broschüre; in documentation or forms, ein mehrseitiges Formular or mehrseitige PDFs. In web contexts, mehrseitige Webseiten or mehrseitige Inhalte describe sites that present information across several pages.

Morphology and related terms

Mehrseitig is declined like a typical German adjective. The inflected form mehrseitigen appears in definite contexts (den mehrseitigen Dokumenten, der mehrseitigen Broschüre) and in plural forms (die mehrseitigen Seiten). The term is closely related to vielseitig (multifaceted) but is more literal, referring to quantity of sides or pages rather than variety or complexity.

See also

Vielseitig, Mehrseitigkeit, mehrseitiges Layout. The contrasts are stylistic: mehrseitig emphasizes quantity of pages or sides, while jeweils contexts determine whether the description targets physical geometry or document structure.