mangelnden

Mangelnden is not a standalone concept but an inflected form of the German adjective mangelnd, meaning lacking or deficient. It appears in plural when the adjective modifies a plural noun and is used with a determiner that requires the weak adjective ending. In practice, mangelnden appears in forms such as den mangelnden Belegen or die mangelnden Belege, depending on case and definiteness. Without a determiner, the strong plural form is mangelnde Belege, mangelnde Informationen, etc.

In usage, mangelnd describes a deficiency or shortcoming in evidence, information, resources, or performance. Common phrases include den mangelnden Belegen zufolge (according to the insufficient evidence), mangelnde Informationen, or mangelnde Ressourcen. The form mangelnden is typical in the dative plural after a determiner like den or after possessive or demonstrative determiners that require the weak ending. It can also appear in the accusative plural as die mangelnden Belege, depending on the sentence structure.

Etymology and grammar: the adjective mangelnd derives from Mangel (deficiency) with the participial -nd suffix, forming a standard German attributive adjective. As an attributive modifier, mangelnden declines like other weak adjectives in the plural when accompanied by definite determiners or determiners that signal the weak form.

Overall, mangelnden functions as a grammatical inflection of mangelnd used to express deficiency in plural noun phrases, and it is commonly encountered in formal and analytical writing to indicate lacking evidence, data, or resources.