confererende

Confererende is a Dutch verbal adjective formed from the verb confereren, which broadly means to confer, confer with someone, or to grant an honor or right. As a present participle, confererende describes an agent or an action characterized by conferring or by the act of conferring. The term is most commonly used in formal or bureaucratic language to indicate that a person, body, or process is engaged in the act of conferring something, such as rights, titles, or honours, or is involved in discussions or consultations that amount to conferring.

Grammatical usage in Dutch centers on the participial adjective that can modify a noun. In practice, confererende can appear attributively before a noun to indicate an ongoing or active conferment or consultation, for example, een confererende commissie (a body that confers or discusses conferments). The related form confererend is also encountered, and both derive from confereren, though preferences can vary by author or style guide. In predicative use, the participle can appear in concord with the subject, but the exact form may differ with dialect or register.

Cross-linguistically, cognate forms exist in other Germanic languages, such as Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish, where forms like konfererande or konfererande/konfererande appear with similar meanings related to conferring or consulting. While the core sense remains linked to the act of conferring or conferring with others, the exact nuance can shift with context—ranging from ceremonial granting of honours to collaborative discussion or negotiation.

See also: confer, confer with, conferment, conferral of degrees, participle, Dutch grammar.