Entgegenkommenden

Entgegenkommenden is an inflected form of the German adjective entgegkommend, derived from the verb entgegkommen (to meet someone halfway or to be accommodating). As an adjective, entgegkommend describes a disposition or behavior that is cooperative, helpful, or cooperative-minded. The form entgegkommenden appears in various grammatical cases and numbers, most commonly in plural or in singular phrases with specific determiners.

Etymology and meaning

The term combines prefix ent- with gegenkommen, a construction that originally conveys the idea of meeting someone toward them. In usage, it shifts from a literal sense of physically approaching to a figurative sense of being amenable or accommodating. In modern German, entgegkommend or entgegkommenden is typically used to characterize attitudes, actions, or proposals that aim to please or facilitate others.

Usage and forms

As a attributive adjective, entgegkommenden changes endings according to case, number, and determiner:

- Die entgegkommenden Vorschläge (nominative plural with definite article)

- Die entgegkommenden Vorschläge wurden geprüft. (accusative plural)

- Mit den entgegkommenden Vorschlägen wurde eine Einigung erreicht. (dative plural)

- Einen entgegkommenden Vorschlag (accusative singular, masculine)

- Eine entgegkommende Regelung (nominative singular, feminine)

- Ein entgegkommenes Angebot (past participle form in predicate position)

In everyday and formal language, synonyms include kooperativ, hilfsbereit, zuvorkommend. The related verb entgekommen is separable in main clauses (er kommt mir entgegen), and its participles form the basis for the adjective entgegkommend, with entgegkommen used as the past participle.

Notes

Entgegenkommenden is mainly used in written and spoken German in contexts describing favorable or accommodating behavior, policies, or proposals.