ausreichenden

Ausreichenden is a declined form of the German adjective ausreichend, meaning sufficient or adequate. It is not a separate word with a distinct meaning, but an inflected form used when the adjective modifies a noun in certain grammatical cases and numbers. The form appears most commonly in attributive position before a noun.

Declension and usage patterns

As a strong or mixed inflection, ausreichend takes different endings depending on case, article, and number. In plural after a definite article, you typically see die ausreichenden Belege, die ausreichenden Gründe, etc. In the accusative plural it also appears as ausreichendenden in fixed phrases with a definite article. In singular masculine after a definite article in the accusative you have den ausreichenden Beleg. When there is no article in plural, the form is ausreichend e Belege (ausreichende Belege). In prepositional phrases, such as mit ausreichenden Mitteln, the ending -en is used in the plural dative. Other singular forms include der ausreichende Grund (nominative masculine), eine ausreichende Leistung (nominative feminine), or ein ausreichendes Budget (nominative neuter).

Predicative and semantics

Ausreichend is typically used attributively before a noun; predicative use is more common with the base form ausreichend (Die Mittel sind ausreichend). The word denotes sufficiency or adequacy in quantity, quality, or sufficiency of resources. It is often found in formal or technical contexts, such as reports, evaluations, and legal or administrative language. Common synonyms include genügend and hinreichend; antonyms include unzureichend or mangelhaft.

Etymology and related forms

The adjective derives from reichen “to reach/amount to” with the prefix aus-, forming a core meaning of “to reach a sufficient amount.” The related forms include ausreichend (base form), ausreichendst and am ausreichendsten for the comparative and superlative. The verb sufficiency sense is expressed with ausreichen, meaning to be enough or to suffice.