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umfassenderen

Umfassenderen is the inflected form of the German adjective umfassend in the comparative degree. It expresses a higher degree of comprehensiveness or inclusiveness and is used before a noun as an attributive adjective. In German, the ending of adjectives in the comparative changes with case, gender, and number, soformen like umfassenderen appear in several grammatical contexts rather than as a standalone word.

The form umfassenderen occurs in particular in the dative singular for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns,

- Dem umfassenderen Mann wurde geholfen. (masculine singular, dative)

- Der umfassenderen Frau wurde geholfen. (feminine singular, dative)

- Dem umfassenderen Buch fehlt der Einband. (neuter singular, dative)

- Den umfassenderen Büchern wurde geholfen. (plural, dative)

- Der umfassenderen Bücher? Also possible in genitive plural: der umfassenderen Bücher.

The form can also appear with possessive determiners in the appropriate case, for example: Meinen umfassenderen

In summary, umfassenderen is not a standalone word but an inflected attributive form of umfassend, used in

as
well
as
in
the
dative
plural
and
in
the
genitive
plural
after
determiners
that
require
the
-en
ending.
Examples:
Freunden
geht
es
besser.
This
shows
that
umfassenderen
is
a
versatile
inflection
used
to
express
a
higher
level
of
comprehensiveness
while
agreeing
with
the
noun
it
modifies.
several
cases
(notably
dative
singular
and
plural,
and
genitive
plural)
to
compare
degrees
of
comprehensiveness
in
German.