bestätigende

Bestätigende is the present participle form of the German verb bestätigen, meaning to confirm. In standard usage it functions primarily as an adjective or, when nominalized, as a noun. As an attributive adjective it describes something that serves to confirm or corroborate. The form is spätively inflected to agree with the noun it modifies, for example: eine bestätigende Nachricht, ein bestätigendes Signal, bestätigende Aussagen, bestärkende Beweise. The meaning conveyed is that the referenced element provides confirmation or support for a claim or hypothesis.

In grammar, bestätigende is typically used where the speaker wants to characterize evidence, statements, or results as being supportive or corroborating. It is common in academic, scientific, and journalistic contexts to speak of “bestätigende Beweise” or “bestätigende Indizien.” The word can be placed before the noun as a plain attributive adjective, and follows normal German adjective endings according to gender, number, and case.

As a nominalization, the capitalized form das Bestätigende is rare and primarily found in stylistic or technical writing. In such uses, it can denote the thing that confirms or the act of confirming itself, but in everyday language the non-nominal form is far more common.

Synonyms and related terms include bestätigend, bekräftigend, and bestätigende Beweise, which share the sense of providing verification or corroboration. The concept is closely tied to evidence, verification, and validation across various discourse domains.