kommerziellen
Translation
commercial, for-profit
Examples
Er arbeitet in einem kommerziellen Unternehmen.
He works in a commercial company.
Sie analysieren den kommerziellen Markt.
They are analyzing the commercial market.
Grammar Patterns
predicative: ((to be)) commercial - The project is purely commercial.
adverbial: commercially ((to think/act)) - He only thinks commercially.
attributive: a commercial success - It was a great commercial success.
Similar Words
Synonyms: geschäftlich (business-related), gewerblich (industrial/trade); Antonyms: unkommerziell (non-commercial), gemeinnützig (non-profit)
Etymology
From Latin "commercium" (trade), from "com-" (with) + "merx" (merchandise).
Memory Tips
This is a declined form of 'kommerziell'. The '-en' ending is very common in genitive, dative, and accusative cases.