interessierter
Translation
interested
Examples
Ein interessierter Schüler stellt viele Fragen.
An interested student asks many questions.
Als interessierter Laie verstehe ich das nicht.
As an interested layman, I don't understand that.
Grammar Patterns
((adjective)) ((noun)) modifies a noun An interested reader buys the book.
Similar Words
Synonyms: neugierig (curious), aufmerksam (attentive); Antonyms: uninteressiert (uninterested), gelangweilt (bored)
Etymology
Past participle of the verb 'interessieren', from Latin 'interesse' (to be between, to be important). The -er is a declension ending for masculine nominative singular nouns.
Memory Tips
It's almost identical to the English 'interested'. The '-er' ending is the key; it signals that it's modifying a masculine noun in the nominative case, like 'ein interessierter Mann'.