vollständiger

Vollständiger is a German adjective form derived from vollständig, meaning complete or thorough. The base term vollstandig combines voll- (full) with -ständig, and vollständiger is the inflected form used in comparative and attributive positions in German grammar.

In usage, vollständiger primarily functions as the comparative form of vollständig: Dieser Bericht ist vollständiger als jener. It expresses that one item is more complete or thorough than another. The corresponding superlative is am vollständigsten (or die vollständigsten in plural). The word also appears as an inflected attributive form in masculine singular after an indefinite article: ein vollständiger Bericht. After a definite article or possessive pronoun, the ending changes according to standard German adjective declension: der vollständige Bericht, mein vollständiger Bericht.

Etymologically, vollständig comes from voll- (“full”) and -ständig, a suffix conveying a state or condition. The term has broad applicability across domains where completeness or thoroughness is discussed, including writing, research, data, and documentation.

Related terms and synonyms include vollständig, komplett, ganz, and total. While vollständig and komplett are close in meaning, vollständig often emphasizes thoroughness or integrity of completeness, whereas komplett can carry a more general sense of being finished or entirely present. In practical writing, vollständiger is used to compare degrees of completeness and to describe more thorough versions of items or processes.

See also: German adjective declension, comparison of adjectives, vollständige (feminine/plural forms).