staubigen

Staubigen is the inflected form of the German adjective staubig, meaning dusty or covered with dust. The base word comes from Staub (dust) plus the adjectival suffix -ig, yielding an adjective used to describe surfaces, objects, or environments that contain or appear to contain dust.

In German, adjectives are declined to match the case, number, and gender of the noun they modify. Staubigen is commonly seen as the weak ending after definite articles or other determiners. Examples include die staubigen Straßen (nominative plural: the dusty streets), den staubigen Straßen (dative plural: to/for the dusty streets), dem staubigen Mann (dative singular masculine: to the dusty man), der staubigen Frau (dative singular feminine: to the dusty woman), and das staubige Kind (nominative/accusative neuter: the dusty child). It also appears in phrases with other determiners, such as in einem staubigen Archiv (in a dusty archive), illustrating the mixed and weak declension patterns that govern its form.

Etymology-wise, staubig derives from Staub (dust) with the suffix -ig, a productive combination in German for forming adjectives denoting a quality. The word is largely literal, though in figurative use it can describe things perceived as old-fashioned or neglected, not just physically dusty.

Overall, staubigen functions as a versatile inflected form signifying dusty condition, primarily used after definite determiners and within standard declension patterns in German grammar.