Deklinierenden

Deklinierenden is the inflected form of the German adjective deklinierend, which is derived from the verb deklinieren (to decline or to inflect). In grammar, deklinierend refers to something that shows inflection, i.e., that changes form to reflect case, number, or gender. The participle form deklinierend can function as an adjective, describing words or forms that undergo declension.

The word deklinierenden appears mainly in descriptive or linguistic contexts. It is not a separate lexical item with its own meaning beyond being an inflected form of deklinierend. In usage, it typically occurs as an attributive adjective before a plural noun, for example die deklinierenden Endungen (the inflecting endings). The ending -en in this form indicates a plural context with a definite article or other determiner that triggers the weak or mixed declension pattern. Without a determiner, the form would adapt according to the rules of strong or mixed declension for adjectives in German.

In practice, the term is used when discussing German noun, pronoun, or adjective inflection, as well as broader concepts of grammatical morphology and flexion. It highlights the characteristic that certain elements of language change their form to signal grammatical relationships, a central feature of Deklination and Adjektivdeklination in German grammar.

See also: Deklination, Adjektivdeklination, Partizip I, Flexion.