Wiedererkennbaren

Wiedererkennbaren is the declined form of the German adjective wiedererkennbar, meaning recognizable again or able to be recognized again. The term is used to describe objects, features, patterns, or memories that remain identifiable after changes or over time. In standard usage, it appears in attributive position before a noun, where the adjective must agree with the noun in gender, number, and case.

The form wiedererkennbaren occurs mainly when the noun is plural or in certain cases with definite articles or determiners. For example: die wiedererkennbaren Merkmale (the recognizable features), die wiedererkennbaren Muster (the recognizable patterns). In the dative plural: mit den wiedererkennbaren Merkmalen. The base form is wiedererkennbar; the ending -en signals plural or a specific declension pattern in these attributive positions. In predicative position, after sein, the form wiedererkennen is not used; one would say Die Merkmale sind wiedererkennbar.

Semantically, wiedererkennen means to recognize again, while the adjective wiedererkennbar conveys that something can be recognized again or remains identifiable despite time, change, or variation. It is common in everyday German as well as in scientific or analytical contexts, where researchers discuss whether data, features, or cues are wiedererkennbar across conditions or over time. Related terms include erkennbar (recognizable) and wiedererkannt (recognized again), which function in different grammatical roles.