ausreichende

Ausreichende is the inflected form of the German adjective ausreichend, meaning sufficient or adequate. The word describes something that meets a required or acceptable level and is commonly used in formal, technical, and everyday language to indicate adequacy.

In grammar, ausreichend is an attributive adjective, so its ending changes according to gender, number, and the presence of a determiner. Examples:

- Indefinite article: ein ausreichender Beweis (masculine singular), eine ausreichende Prüfung (feminine singular), ein ausreichendes Budget (neuter singular)

- Definite article: der ausreichende Beweis, die ausreichende Prüfung, das ausreichende Budget

- No article, plural: ausreichende Beweise, ausreichende Mittel

The form ausreichend in other positions is not identical to ausreichende. When used predicatively after a linking verb such as sein, ausreichend is typically used without the -e ending: Die Mittel sind ausreichend. In contrast, the attributive form with -e appears in singular masculine or feminine with definite article or in plural without a determiner, among other combinations.

Usage notes:

- ausreichend is often preferred in formal or evaluative contexts, such as assessments, regulations, and technical language.

- Synonyms include genügen, genug, and adverbial forms like ausreichend (as an adverb, meaning sufficiently).

Etymology: aus- prefix combined with reich, from the German adjective reichend meaning “stretching far enough,” leading to the modern meaning of meeting the needed level.

See also: ausreichend (as adjective), genügen, genug, ausreichend investieren.

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