bedruckende

Bedruckende is the present participle form of the German verb bedrucken (to print or imprint). In German grammar, bedruckende functions as a verbal adjective and can be used attributively before a noun or predicatively in a clause to indicate something that is in the process of printing or that has a printing relationship. The more common past participle bedruckt is used to indicate that something has already been printed (for example, bedruckte Stoffe).

Form and usage

The form is created by adding -ende to the verb stem bedruck-. It is more often found in technical or descriptive language, especially in phrases such as bedruckende Oberflächen (printing surfaces), bedruckende Verfahren (printing processes), or bedruckende Maschinen (printing machines). In everyday speech, speakers typically use bedruckt to describe finished results, rather than bedruckende.

English translation and related terms

Bedruckende translates roughly as "printing" or "printing-related" depending on context. As a noun, the related Bedruckung denotes the act or process of printing. The basic, non-participial forms closely related to bedruckende are bedrucken (to print) and bedruckt (printed).

See also

Bedrucken, bedruckt, Bedruckung.