genügender

Genügender is the attributive form of the German adjective genügend, meaning sufficient or adequate. It is used to describe the sufficiency of a noun and is part of standard German grammar. The word derives from the verb genügen, which expresses the idea of being enough or adequate for a need or purpose.

In use, genügend-related adjectives agree with gender, number, and case of the noun they modify. For example: ein genügender Grund (masculine, singular, nominative) or eine genügende Begründung (feminine, singular). A neuter singular with definite article appears as das genügende Argument (neuter, singular). In plural, bare forms are genügende Hinweise or genüg­­ende Argumente (without an article), while with a definite article the form becomes die genügenden Hinweise/Argumente (the suffi­cient hints/arguments).

Genügender is often found in formal or written language, especially in contexts involving evaluation, argumentation, or evidence. It conveys a precise sense of adequacy or sufficiency rather than mere arbitrariness, and it can be contrasted with synonyms such as ausreichend (sufficient in a more neutral or official sense) or genügend itself as a direct descriptor of adequacy.

Etymologically, genügend builds on genügend from the root genügen, which denotes meeting a requirement or being adequate. The form genügender is simply one inflected variant used before masculine or neuter nouns in certain cases or with certain articles.

See also: genügend, ausreichend, Ausreichung (the noun form referring to sufficiency), German adjective declension. In standard reference works such as Duden, genügend and genügend are treated as common adjectives describing sufficiency; genügender functions as their inflected, gender- and number-aware form in context.