vollständige

Vollständige is the declined feminine form or plural form of the German adjective vollständig, which means complete, entire, or thorough. It is used before nouns to describe something in its entirety and is not a standalone noun in ordinary use. As with other German adjectives, the ending of vollständige changes according to gender, number, and case, and according to whether a definite or indefinite article accompanies the noun.

Common usages include:

- Feminine singular with a definite article: die vollständige Lösung

- Masculine singular with a definite article: der vollständige Bericht

- Neuter singular with a definite article: das vollständige Projekt

- Plural with a definite article: die vollständigen Lösungen

- Feminine singular with an indefinite article: eine vollständige Frage

- No article or with a possessive determiner: vollständige Lösungen, vollständiger Bericht

The form can appear in various attributive positions, often aligning endings with the accompanying article and the noun’s case. In general, endings for endgültige agreement follow standard German adjective declension patterns.

Etymology and related terms:

Vollständige derives from vollständig, itself formed from voll meaning full or complete, plus the suffix -ständig, which conveys a state or condition. The concept of completeness is central to the related noun Vollständigkeit, which denotes the quality or state of being complete. The adjective vollständig is also used in adverbial sense without changing form in many contexts, particularly in formal writing.

Notes:

Vollständige is not a proper noun. Its primary role is grammatical: signaling a complete attribute of a described noun. In glossaries, you may see vollständig listed as the base form, with vollständige representing one of its common inflected variants.