ausstehenden

Ausstehenden is the inflected form of the German adjective ausstehend, meaning outstanding, pending, or due. It describes items that have not yet been settled or resolved, such as payments, debts, questions, tasks, or approvals. The sense is that these items stand out because they require action or consideration.

Etymology and sense: ausstehend derives from stehen (to stand) with the prefix aus-, conveying the idea that something remains to be addressed. In finance and administration, the term is common for describing obligations or issues that are not yet fulfilled or answered.

Usage: Ausstehenden is used attributively before a noun and shows agreement with gender, number, and case. For example: der ausstehende Betrag (the outstanding amount), die ausstehenden Beträge (the outstanding amounts), eine ausstehende Frage (an outstanding question), or noch ausstehende Rechnungen (still outstanding invoices). In plural nominative, the form is die ausstehenden Beträge. In other cases the endings shift accordingly, e.g., den ausstehenden Beträgen (dative plural) or der ausstehenden Beträge (genitive plural).

Translations and contexts: The term translates to outstanding, pending, due, or unsettled, depending on context. It is widely used in finance (outstanding debts or invoices), project management (outstanding tasks), legal or administrative processes (outstanding issues or approvals), and general reporting.

Related terms: ausstehen as a verb meaning to remain unresolved or to be due; related adjectives include offen or unerledigt, but ausstehend emphasizes items that await action or settlement.