zurückkehrend
Zurückkehrend is the present participle (Partizip I) of the German verb zurückkehren, meaning to return. It functions as an adjective or participle and describes someone or something that is returning or about to return.
As an attributive adjective, zurückkehrend is declined like other adjectives. Examples: der zurückkehrende Mann, die zurückkehrende
In some contexts, the participle can also be nominalized and capitalized: der Zurückkehrende (the returning one).
The related past participle zurückgekehrt is used to express a completed return, as in Er ist zurückgekehrt.
Etymology: zurückkehrend comes from zurück- meaning back and kehren meaning to return. The form exists alongside