entwickelndes

Entwickelndes is the neuter singular inflected form of the present participle of the verb entwickeln (to develop). As an attributive adjective it describes a noun that is in the process of development, meaning developing or evolving. The form is typically used with neuter nouns and after an indefinite article, for example ein entwickelndes Produkt.

In contrast to the predicative or past participle forms, entwickelndes serves to attribute a quality to the noun at the moment of speech. With a definite article, the ending changes and you would normally write das entwickelnde Produkt, not das entwickelndes Produkt. After a definite article in other cases, the form also changes (for example im entwickelnden Stadium in the dative).

Usage of entwickelndes occurs mainly in technical, business, or innovation-related language, where talking about things that are currently being developed is common. It can appear in discussions of products, processes, or strategies that are still evolving. In everyday language, speakers may prefer simpler expressions such as entwickelt or in Entwicklung, depending on the context.

Relation to related terms: entwickelndes is derived from entwickeln, which means to develop or to evolve. Related concepts include Entwicklung (development), entwickelnd (present participle adjective form), and or nouns like das Entwickeln or die Entwicklung for the broader process. Nominalizations of participles are possible but rare; more common nouns are Entwicklung, Fortschritt, or Innovation.

Examples: Ein entwickelndes Produkt (a developing product); ein entwickelndes Team (a developing team); das entwickelnde Produkt (the developing product); an einem entwickelnden Produkt arbeiten (to work on a developing product).