durchführender

Durchführender is a German term formed from the verb durchführen, which means to carry out or implement. It functions mainly as the present participle used adjectively, and can denote the entity that performs an action. In practice, the standard agent noun for a person who carries out tasks is usually Durchführer; durchführender as a standalone noun is rare and can sound formal or bureaucratic.

Grammatically, durchführender is the masculine nominative singular form of the participle, and it declines like an ordinary adjective when used attributively. Examples: der durchführende Beauftragte (the executing commissioner), die durchführende Stelle (the executing body), das durchführende Organ (the implementing organ). With indefinite articles: ein durchführender Akteur, eine durchführende Behörde. The feminine and neuter forms are die durchführende Behörde and das durchführende Organ, respectively.

Usage and context: durchführender is common in administrative, legal, project-management, and technical writing to describe someone or something that performs the execution of a plan, decision, or process. It emphasizes the act of carrying out rather than merely planning. While usable in formal texts, it is often replaced by more direct constructions or by the noun Durchführer for a person, or by phrases like die ausführende Stelle.

Related terms: durchführen (to carry out), Durchführung (the act of execution or implementation), Durchführer (the more common agent noun for an implementer). These terms share a root meaning but differ in grammatical function and typical usage.