maakend

Maakend is a form derived from the Dutch verb maken, meaning to make or to create. In historical or dialectal usage it can function as a present participle, signaling ongoing making, or as a descriptive modifier meaning “making” or “one who makes.” In standard contemporary Dutch, the form makende is generally preferred for attributive use, while maakend is regarded as archaic or regional.

Etymology and forms: Maakend follows the general Dutch pattern of forming present participles with the suffix -end. The more common modern participle is makende, as in makende kunstenaar. The infinitive remains maken, and the related noun for a person who makes is maker. The periphrastic construction aan het maken is often used to express ongoing action in everyday speech.

Usage: Dutch typically expresses ongoing action with aan het maken rather than a present participle. The participle makende is used in literary or formal contexts to describe a person or thing that is making something, for example in phrases like de makende kunstenaar or de makende handwerker. Maakend appears much less often in modern standard Dutch and is mainly encountered in older texts, poetry, or regional speech.

Examples: A historically tinted usage might read: "Een maakend mens trad uit de schaduw" (an making person emerged from the shadow). In everyday language, one would more likely say: "Hij is aan het maken" or "de maker die iets maakt." See also: maken, makende, het maken, de maker, aan het maken.