undeutlichere

Undeutlichere is the comparative form of the German adjective undeutlich, which means "unclear" or "ambiguous". The word is constructed by adding the comparative suffix -er to the base adjective, with the preposition "mehr" or "zunehmend" sometimes implied, as in "oder deutlicher" for the positive form. In everyday usage, undeutlich is more common than its comparative form; undeutlichere is typically encountered in literary, legal, or technical texts where a gradation of vagueness needs to be expressed, for example, "Die Regierungsrede war undeutlichere als erwartet", meaning "The speech was more unclear than expected".

The morphological rule that governs the formation of comparatives in German allows the addition of -er to adjectives that do not have an umlaut alteration, hence undeutlich becomes undeutlichere. Occasionally the form undeutlicher is employed as a nominative or accusative case but the same root is evident.

There is no separate noun or official graphic representation for undeutlichere; it is purely an adjective that is inflected according to case, gender, and number. In grammatical neutral contexts it is acceptable to say: "Die Angaben sind undeutlichere, das macht die Analyse schwierig."

In modern German, speakers often prefer using adverbs such as „viel weniger klar“ or “erheblich unklarer“ instead of the comparative form, because the literal comparison tends to sound stiff. Nevertheless, undeutlichere remains a legitimate form found in dictionaries and linguistic descriptions of the German language, illustrating how the comparative suffix can be applied to longer adjectives without vowel change.