adjective

darauffolgend

Danach kommend oder direkt als Nächstes passieren.

Definition & meaning

The word "darauffolgend" is an adjective and adverb used to describe something that occurs immediately after something else in time or sequence. It is most commonly translated into English as "subsequent," "following," or "ensuing." It indicates a chronological order, often referring back to a specific event or point in time previously mentioned in a text or conversation. For example, "der darauffolgende Tag" means "the following day."

Grammar & Word origin

The word is a compound formed from two distinct German elements:

"darauf" – a pronominal adverb meaning "thereupon," "after that," or "on top of that."
"folgend" – the present participle (Partizip I) of the verb folgen, which means "to follow."

In a sentence, it can function as an attributive adjective, in which case it must be declined to match the gender, case, and number of the noun it describes (e.g., "am darauffolgenden Montag"). It is derived from the separable verb darauffolgen.