Koordinierend

Koordinierend is the present participle of the German verb koordinieren, meaning to coordinate or bring into alignment. As a verbal adjective, it describes actions, roles, or processes that involve coordinating tasks, information, or parties. In usage, it often appears in organizational, project-management, or scientific contexts to indicate ongoing coordination.

In practical terms, koordinierend denotes an active, coordinating function or stance. Phrases such as eine koordinierende Rolle, ein koordinierendes Vorgehen oder eine koordinierende Stelle describe entities or activities that organize, align, or harmonize inputs from different sources. It can be used attributively, as in die koordinierende Behörde, or predicatively, as in das Projekt wird koordinierend geführt. The term emphasizes the process of coordination rather than a completed state, which is more typical for the related form koordiniert (past participle).

Relation to related terms: Koordination is the noun for the process of coordinating; koordinieren is the verb; koordinierend is the ongoing or active form. Koordiniert (past participle) indicates that coordination has been completed or that something is already coordinated, while koordinierend stresses ongoing orchestration.

Etymology: The word derives from koordinieren, itself formed from Koordination, which traces to Latin coordinatio, via German usage of the term Koordination. The present participle ending -end marks it as a verbal adjective.

See also: Koordination, Koordinator/Koordinatorin, koordinierendes Vorgehen.