No. 15,084 in German
spielender
"Spielender" means "playing" (a person who is playing).
In a sentence
Der spielende Hund ist glücklich.
The playing dog is happy.
'Spielende' describes the present participle of the verb 'spielen', used here as an attributive adjective denoting the dog's action of playing.
Ein spielender Musiker beherrscht sein Instrument.
A playing musician masters their instrument.
'Spielender' acts as a descriptive adjective in its masculine singular nominative form, conveying the ongoing action of the musician playing an instrument.
Das Kind beobachtet das spielende Eichhörnchen.
The child observes the playing squirrel.
'Spielende' is the attributive adjective in this context, modifying 'Eichhörnchen' (squirrel) to describe it engaging in play.
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