This is the 14021st most frequent German word.
gehende
"Gehende" is the present participle of "gehen," meaning "going" or "walking" in English.
Here, 'gehende' functions as a present participle (active) describing the subject, the woman, indicating that she is currently walking.
Die gehende Frau überquerte die Straße.
The walking woman crossed the street.
Here, 'gehende' acts as an attributive adjective describing 'Geräusch', suggesting continuity or an ongoing action related to the noun.
Das gehende Geräusch konnte nicht eindeutig lokalisiert werden.
The ongoing noise could not be clearly located.
In this case, 'gehenden' describes the subject in context, indicating workers who are in the act of leaving—depicted as an attribute to a class of people.