spezieller

Spezieller is a German inflected form of the adjective speziell, meaning more special or having a higher degree of being special, and it also functions as the attributive form in certain grammatical contexts. It is not a separate lexical item by itself, but a grammatical variant used to modify nouns or to form the comparative.

In everyday usage, spezieller occurs in two main ways. As a comparative: er ist spezieller als vorher, meaning he is more special than before. This comparative form follows the standard pattern for adjectives with the ending -er in the masculine singular nominative or after suitable determiners. As an attributive adjective: ein spezieller Fall (a special case), or mit speziellem Fokus (with a special/particular focus) in phrases where the noun is in a case such as nominative or dative and the article is definite or absent.

German adjective endings depend on the article and case. With an indefinite article in masculine nominative, the form is spezieller (ein spezieller Fall). Without an article or with certain determiners, the strong ending -er appears in the masculine singular: spezieller Fall. The feminine, neuter, and plural forms differ (speziellere, spezielleres, spezielle, etc.), but all derive from the same base adjective speziell.

Etymology: speziell comes from the Latin specialis via French spécial, integrated into German vocabulary as speziell. Spezieller as a form reflects standard German adjective inflection rather than a standalone term.

See also: German grammar, adjective declension, comparative forms, sprachwissenschaft (linguistics).