Drehender

Drehender is a German term formed from the verb drehen, meaning to turn or rotate. As the present participle of drehen, drehend carries the sense of turning or rotating and is commonly used as an adjective. The form drehender is the declined masculine nominative singular of this participle, used attributively before a masculine noun, for example: ein drehender Motor (a rotating motor).

In other grammatical contexts, the ending of the adjective changes with gender, number, and case (e.g., einen drehenden Rotor, einem drehenden Tisch). While drehender can function in predicative constructions, standard German more frequently expresses rotation with the verb drehen or with other nouns, so the participle is primarily seen as an attributive modifier rather than a fixed term.

Drehender is commonly found in technical, scientific, and descriptive writing to denote components or phenomena that involve rotation. It can appear in phrases describing machinery, devices, or planetary motion, such as drehende Platten (rotating/turning plates) or ein drehender Planet (a rotating planet). However, it is not a specialized technical term with a unique definition; rather, it is a grammatical form used to convey the attribute of rotation.

In English-language translations, the word is typically rendered as rotating or turning, depending on context. The German word group around this form also includes related terms like Drehung (rotation), Drehen (to rotate), and Rotator (rotator).

See also: Drehung, Drehen, Rotator, Rotationsbewegung.