querenden
Querenden is a historical German noun used rarely in older texts to denote "crossers"—people who move across borders, rivers, or landscapes in a transverse manner. The term derives from quer-, a Germanic root meaning across or crosswise, combined with the agent suffix -end, forming a present-participle-like element that later functioned as a noun for those who cross.
In usage, querenden appears in medieval and early modern glossaries and travel narratives to describe groups
Scholarly notes emphasize that "querenden" is not a standard dictionary entry in modern German dictionaries; it