mexikanischen

Mexikanischen is the inflected form of the German adjective mexikanisch, meaning Mexican. It is used to describe nouns related to Mexico, including nationality, origin, or cultural attributes. The base form mexikanisch can modify nouns such as Küche (kitchen), Kultur, Sprache, Land, or Menschen. It is not a standalone noun, though noun forms like Mexikaner (a Mexican man) or Mexikanerin (a Mexican woman) exist to refer specifically to people from Mexico.

Declension and usage in sentences follow standard German grammar for adjectives. After definite articles or other determiners (der, die, das, die, etc.), the adjective ending -en is common in many cases: die mexikanischen Länder (nominative plural), mit dem mexikanischen Mann (dative singular masculine), des mexikanischen Mannes (genitive singular masculine). In plural dative you would say mit den mexikanischen Ländern. In strong declension, without a definite article, you would typically use mexikanische Länder in the corresponding case, not mexikanischen.

Common usage patterns include describing culture, cuisine, or other cultural attributes, for example: mexikanische Küche (Mexican cuisine), mexikanische Musik, mexikanische Kultur. When referring to people, it is more precise to use the noun Mexikaner or Mexikanerin; the adjective mexikanisch is then used in attributive position or predicatively to describe a characteristic, such as eine mexikanische Gemeinschaft or Die Küche ist mexikanisch.

Etymology and scope: the term derives from Mexico (México/México) and follows the standard German adjective inflection. It is distinct from the noun forms used for people and from other related terms in regional contexts.