tiefgreifenden

Tiefgreifenden is the inflected form of the German adjective tiefgreifend, which means profound or far-reaching. It is used to describe changes, effects, or phenomena whose impact is deep, fundamental, or sweeping. In English, it is often rendered as profound, far-reaching, or sweeping.

The term diepgreifend originates from the components tief (deep) and greifend (grasping, affecting). It conveys a sense of intensity and significance beyond the superficial level. In journalism, politics, sociology, and scholarly writing, tiefgreifend and its inflected forms appear to characterize transformations, reforms, or crises with substantial consequences for a system or society.

Grammatical notes: tiefgreifend is an adjective that, when used attributively before a noun, takes inflection in accordance with case, gender, and number. The form tiefgreifenden appears in several cases and numbers, for example in phrases like den tiefgreifenden Wandel (accusative masculine singular), dem tiefgreifenden Wandel (dative masculine singular), and die tiefgreifenden Veränderungen (nominative/accusative plural). In other contexts, the form changes to tiefgreifend (uninflected base), tiefgreifende (plural or feminine/neuter forms), etc., depending on the determiner and surrounding grammar.

Common collocations include tiefgreifende Veränderungen, tiefgreifende Auswirkungen, and tiefgreifender Konflikt, illustrating its use to emphasize substantial and lasting impact.

See also: tiefgreifend, tiefgreifende Veränderungen, far-reaching.