Einzelnden

Einzelnden is a form found in German grammar, not a standalone lexical item with its own separate meaning. It is the declined form of the present participle of the adjective root einzeln (meaning individual or single) and is used as an attributive or adverbial adjective in contexts that describe something as being isolated, separate, or individually considered.

Morphology and usage

As a participial adjective, einzelnd can take endings to agree with the noun it modifies. The form einzelnden is typical in plural constructions where the participle is used to describe multiple items in a way that emphasizes their separateness or individual treatment. For example: Die einzelnden Punkte im Bericht wurden überprüft. In another context: Wir analysieren die einzelnden Fälle, um Abweichungen zu erkennen. The exact ending may vary with case, gender, and number, but einzelnden is most common in plural forms and often appears after determiners like den or in phrases like in den einzelnden Fällen.

Meaning and nuance

Einzelnden conveys a sense of separating, isolating, or treating elements one by one rather than as a unified whole. It is more common in technical, analytical, or descriptive writing than in everyday speech. It is related to the simpler forms einzeln (adjective/adverb meaning individually) and die Einzelnen (noun meaning “the individuals”).

Relation to other forms

Einzelnden can be contrasted with die einzelnen (common plural adjective form) and mit dem Einzelnen (the individual person as a noun). The choice among these forms depends on the syntactic role and the nuance the writer wishes to convey.

See also

einzeln; einzelne; der Einzelne; Auswahlformen der deutschen Adjektiv- und Partizipdeklination.