beiliegenden

Beiliegenden is the attributive form of the verb beilegen and is used as an adjective meaning attached or enclosed. It typically refers to items that accompany a document, letter, or other communication, most commonly documents, forms, or attachments. The related noun Beilage denotes an enclosure or attachment itself.

Etymology and usage notes: Beilegen combines bei with liegen more literally “to lie with,” and the participle ending -end yields the adjective beiliegend or its inflected forms. In everyday and formal German, beiliegend (with the appropriate ending) is widely used to describe what accompanies a message, such as Unterlagen (documents), Rechnungen (invoices), or Formulare (forms). Beiliegenden is the plural ending form found after a definite article in nominative or accusative plural, as well as in other cases, for example die beiliegenden Unterlagen or den beiliegenden Unterlagen.

Declension and examples: The form changes with gender, number, and case. Singular examples: der beiliegende Auftrag (masculine, nominative), die beiliegende Rechnung (feminine, nominative), das beiliegende Dokument (neuter, nominative). Plural examples: die beiliegenden Unterlagen (nominative/accusative). Dative plural: den beiliegenden Unterlagen (with the definite article den). The phrase is common in formal writing, such as business correspondence.

Related terms: Beilage and Anlage are closely related; Beilage emphasizes the item itself as an enclosure, while Anlage often refers to attachments within digital or formal documents. Beigefügt is a related participle used to indicate that something has بالفعل been attached or included, as in das beigefügte Dokument.

In usage, beiliegenden functions as a clear, formal descriptor for items accompanying a communication, and is often preferred in official or administrative contexts.