technischen

Technischen is the inflected form of the German adjective technisch, meaning “technical” or “related to technology.” It is not a standalone noun, but a word used to describe a noun in various grammatical cases and genders.

In German, adjectives used attributively take endings determined by the gender, number, and case of the noun they modify. Technischen appears in several common inflection patterns. After a definite article in plural, for example, it takes -en as in die technischen Details. In the dative case, it also often ends with -en, as in mit technischen Geräten (with technical devices) or der technischen Lösung (the technical solution, dative feminine). In other contexts, such as plural no-article phrases, technical devices are simply technische Geräte, using the strong inflection without a determiner.

Etymology and related terms: technisch derives from Technik, the German word for technology or technique, itself rooted in the Greek technē (art, skill). The form technisch is the base adjective; technische, technischen, technische endings appear across different cases and numbers.

Usage notes: technisch is regularly used to describe technology, engineering, and related fields. It does not function as a noun in standard usage. In predicative positions, the base form is used (Das Gerät ist technisch fortschrittlich). When forming compound nouns or technical terms, the adjective may be combined with nouns in fixed expressions and technical vocabulary.

Examples: Die technischen Details sind wichtig. Wir arbeiten mit technischen Geräten. Die technischen Spezifikationen wurden aktualisiert.