kommend

Kommend is a German adjective derived from the verb kommen. It denotes futurity—something that is coming, upcoming, or expected to occur. In English, it is commonly translated as coming or upcoming. The term is used for time periods, events, and people who are going to be present soon, and it appears in everyday speech, journalism, and planning contexts.

Kommend is typically placed before the noun it modifies: die kommende Woche, das kommende Jahr, die kommenden Monate, die kommende Generation. The form changes with gender, number, and case: der kommende Termin (masculine singular); die kommende Woche (feminine singular); das kommende Jahr (neuter singular); die kommenden Jahre (plural).

In German, kommend is the present participle of kommen and functions as an attributive adjective in modern usage. It is not commonly used as a predicative adjective after a linking verb; if you need to express futurity in predicate position, you would usually use phrases such as beabsichtigt, künftig, or bevorstehend, or restructure the sentence to convey future events.

Usage notes and synonyms: kommend often appears in formal, journalistic, or planning contexts to discuss upcoming schedules, events, or developments. It is closely related to other future-oriented terms such as künftig and bevorstehend, but carries a direct sense of something that is approaching or imminent.

See also: künftig, zukünftig, bevorstehend, beabsichtigt.