blutend

Blutend is a German adjective formed from the verb bluten (to bleed) with the present-participle suffix -end. It describes something that is actively bleeding or is in a state of bleeding. In everyday and medical language it is most often used to characterize wounds or injuries, as in eine blutende Wunde (an actively bleeding wound) or ein blutendes Ohr. The word can also refer more generally to a situation involving blood loss.

In grammar, blutend functions as an attributive adjective and changes its ending according to gender, case, and number, for example: eine blutende Wunde, ein blutender Mann, blutende Wunden. The related noun is Blutung or Blutverlust, both referring to bleeding or hemorrhage, while blutig means bloody in the sense of being covered with blood rather than actively bleeding.

Etymology traces Blut- to the old Germanic root for blood, with bluten historically connected to the German word for bleeding. The present-participle form with -end is used in German to create adjectives that denote an ongoing action or condition derived from a verb.

Translations into English include bleeding or hemorrhaging, depending on context. In German medical and first-aid usage, blutend clearly conveys active blood loss, whereas blutig describes a state of being covered in blood or reminiscent of blood, not necessarily ongoing bleeding.