Bestätigend

Bestätigend is the present participle (Partizip I) of the German verb bestätigen, meaning “confirming” or “affirming.” It functions as a verbal adjective and is used to describe something that serves to confirm or support a claim, finding, or statement. It can also introduce participial clauses that indicate an ongoing or reinforcing action.

As an attributive adjective, beständig? No, bestätigend declines like a normal adjective and agrees with the noun in gender, number, and case. Examples: der bestätigende Beleg (masc nom), die bestätigende Meldung (fem nom), das bestätigende Ergebnis (neut nom), die bestätigenden Berichte (pl). With indefinite articles: ein bestätigender Beleg, eine bestätigende Nachricht, ein bestätigendes Ergebnis. Without articles or in plural strong forms: bestätigende Belege, bestätigende Hinweise.

Predicative usage is also possible, typically with sein: Die Ergebnisse sind bestätigend. This emphasizes that the results serve to confirm something, rather than merely describing a state of affairs.

Contexts and nuances: bestätigend is common in formal, scientific, or journalistic writing, where data, statements, or findings are described as confirming a hypothesis, theory, or claim. It is closely related to the past participle bestätigt, which denotes that something has already been confirmed; bestätigend emphasizes the ongoing or confirmatory quality.

See also: Partizip I, Partizip II; forms of bestätigen.