verschiedener

Verschiedener is a German adjective form derived from verschieden, meaning different or various. It is not a standalone noun or verb form, but one of the inflected endings that the adjective can take when used attributively in different grammatical contexts.

In practice, verschiederer appears most commonly as the genitive plural ending of the attributive adjective without a determiner. This yields phrases such as Vielfalt verschiedener Arten, which translates to “a variety of different kinds.” The ending verschiederner is the result of inflection rules for adjectives used without a definite article in the plural genitive. The form verschiedener is also found in other genitive plural contexts, for example in phrases like Artenverschiedenheiten or similar constructions, depending on surrounding words and punctuation.

When a determiner is present, the ending changes according to standard German adjective declension. For example, with a definite article in plural you would say die verschiedenen Arten (the different kinds) rather than die-varied Arten. With other determiners, such as meine oder ihre, the plural attributive ending is typically -en as well: meine verschiedenen Arten. In the dative plural you would also use verschiedenen, as in mit verschiedenen Arten.

Etymologically, verschieden comes from the Germanic root meaning “separate, distinct,” with the prefix ver- contributing to the sense of difference or distinction. The combination yields the sense of differing elements across kinds, types, or categories.

See also: variations in German adjective declension, related adjectives such as unterschiedlich, verschiedenartig.