entwickelnder

Entwickelnder is the present participle of the German verb entwickeln, meaning to develop. In German, it is primarily used as an adjective to describe something that is in the process of development, and less commonly as a nominalized noun meaning “the one who develops.” The form signals ongoing action or a quality related to development.

As an attributive adjective, entwickelnder agrees with the gender, number, and case of the noun it modifies. Common endings include -er, -e, -es, -en depending on article and case: der entwickelnde Prozess (nom. masc. sg), das entwickelnde Produkt (nom. neut. sg), die entwickelnde Technologie (nom. fem. sg); plural: die entwickelnden Prozesse. Without a determiner, the bare form is used: entwickelnder Prozess, entwickelnde Technologien, entwickelndes Produkt.

Nominalized use is possible but comparatively rare. The present participle may be capitalized and used as a noun, written as der Entwickelnde / die Entwickelnde, meaning “the developer” or “the one who develops.” More common terms for a person who develops are Entwickler or Entwicklerin.

Examples include: ein entwickelnder Prozess (a developing process), eine entwickelnde Technologie (a developing technology), sich entwickelnde Märkte (developing markets). Note that German also uses sich entwickeln for the reflexive sense of “to develop,” as in sich entwickelnde Branche, where the emphasis is on ongoing growth rather than the agent.

Relation to related terms: Entwicklung (development) and Entwickler (developer) are closely connected. Entwickelnder appears mainly in technical, scientific, or business contexts to denote ongoing development or characteristics arising from development.