Artikulierbares

Artikulierbares is a German noun and adjective form (artikulierbar) describing what can be articulated or expressed in language or symbols. In linguistic and philosophical contexts it refers to content, propositions, or forms that have a phonetic or symbolic realization. The term contrasts with non-articulable aspects—such as immediate subjective experience, ineffable feelings, or tacit know-how—that resist straightforward linguistic encoding.

Etymology: the term derives from artikulieren, meaning to articulate, with the suffix -bares forming an adjective meaning capable of being articulated, and the corresponding noun das Artikulierbare.

Usage: In linguistics, artikulierbares content is that which can be encoded into a phonological form and communicated through speech or writing. In philosophy of language and semiotics, it is used to discuss the boundary between what can be stated, described, or symbolized and what remains implicit, pre-reflective, or phenomenological. The related terms articulability or expressibility appear in English-language discussions; in German discourse, artikulierbares often features in analytic or phenomenological literature on language, signs, and meaning.

Examples: A clearly formulated proposition is artikulierbares; a raw felt sense of awe without conceptual structure is typically considered not artikulierbar. In practice, debates revolve around what counts as expressible in public discourse versus private experience.

See also: expressibility, articulability, tacit knowledge, philosophy of language, semiotics.