präzisere

Präzisere is the comparative form of the German adjective präzise, used to express a higher degree of exactness when comparing two or more items. It denotes that one item is more exact or clearly defined than another. In everyday and technical language, präzisere is commonly found before a noun: eine präzisere Messung, ein präziserer Plan, präzisere Erwartungen. The form also appears in various gender and number agreements, for example: eine präzisere Definition (feminine singular), ein präziserer Zeitplan (masculine singular), präzisere Messungen (plural).

Grammatically, präzisere is an attributive adjective and inflects according to the gender, number, and case of the noun it modifies. After definite articles, the endings are typically -e in the singular (die präzisere Messung) and -en in the plural (die präziseren Messungen). After indefinite articles, endings vary: eine präzisere Messung, ein präziserer Plan, ein präziseres Gerät. As an adverb, the word präzise is used without a comparative ending; the comparative is formed with the adjective itself in the appropriate syntactic position (for example, “die Messung ist präziser geworden” uses the adverbial comparative with the verb).

Etymology and related terms: präzise comes from the French précis, itself from Latin præcisus meaning cut off or exact. Related nouns include Präzision (precision) and the verb präzisieren (to make more precise). Antonyms include unpräzise or vage, describing lesser exactness. Präzisere therefore signals an increased degree of exactness within a comparative context and is a standard term in scientific, technical, and analytical language.