No. 2,893 in German
zukünftige
"Zukünftige" means "future" or "prospective."
In a sentence
Die zukünftige Entwicklung der Technologie wird viele neue Möglichkeiten schaffen.
The future development of technology will create many new opportunities.
Here, 'zukünftige' is used as an adjective to describe the noun 'Entwicklung', meaning 'future development', indicating something that will happen in the times to come.
Unsere zukünftige Zusammenarbeit wird hoffentlich erfolgreich sein.
Our future collaboration will hopefully be successful.
In this sentence, 'zukünftige' qualifies 'Zusammenarbeit', which translates to 'collaboration', emphasizing that this collaboration is planned or anticipated for the future.
Die zukünftige Generation wird vor großen Herausforderungen stehen.
The future generation will face big challenges.
'Zukünftige' modifies 'Generation', indicating the generations to come as opposed to the present or past ones.
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