zusammenhängenden

Zusammenhängenden is the declined form of the German adjective zusammenhängend, which denotes something that is connected, coherent, or forming a single continuous whole. The term can describe physical contiguity, logical coherence, or narrative flow, depending on context. It stems from zusammen (together) and hängen (to hang), with the sense of elements that “hang together.”

In everyday and academic use, zusammenhängend appears widely. Examples include ein zusammenhängender Text (a coherent text) or zusammenhängende Kapitel (connected chapters). In mathematics and topology, the word is used for concepts such as ein zusammenhängender Raum (a connected space) or zusammenhängende Graphen (connected graphs). In discourse analysis or writing, phrases like zusammenhängende Argumentation or zusammenhängende Gründe emphasize logical coherence.

Grammatical notes are helpful for understanding its inflection. Zusammenhängenden is a declined form used for various cases and numbers; for instance, den zusammenhängenden Text (masculine singular, accusative), mit den zusammenhängenden Kapiteln (plural, dative), and der zusammenhängenden Abschnitte (genitive plural). The base form of the adjective is zusammenhängend; in different contexts it takes the corresponding endings such as zusammenhängende, zusammenhängendes, or zusammenhängenden.

See also: Zusammenhang, the noun meaning context or coherence; zusammenhängend, the base form of the adjective. The term is common in German linguistic, mathematical, and literary contexts and serves to describe elements that belong together as a unified whole.