Nehmendes

Nehmendes is a term used in linguistics to refer to a rarely attested inflected form of the present participle of the German verb nehmen. It is not part of standard modern German and is encountered mainly in historical grammars, philological notes, or discussions of archaic language. The form is described as a possible attributive use of the participle, functioning as a descriptive adjective that would modify a noun to indicate an ongoing action of taking. In most contemporary contexts, the present participle is expressed by nehmen in the form "nehmend," while "nehmendes" appears only in older texts or in analyses of dialectal or experimental grammar.

In terms of morphology, nehmendes is said to belong to the family of Partizip I forms that can be inflected like adjectives, taking endings to agree with gender, number, and case of the noun. Because it is rare and not standard, you will mainly find it in linguistic discussions rather than everyday usage. The observation of such forms helps illustrate how German can historically tailor participles into descriptive adjectives, and how modern usage has converged on simpler patterns.

See also: Partizip I, Adjective declension, German grammar, Noun formation from verbs.