Wählbaren

Wählbaren is the declined form of the German adjective wählbar, meaning "eligible to be elected" or "able to be chosen." It is used to describe persons or entities that can serve as candidates in an election. The term is common in political discourse as well as in election law and party statutes.

Grammatically, wählbar is an adjective and wählbaren is the form that appears in plural attribute position after a definite determiner. For example: die wählbaren Kandidaten (nominative or accusative plural), mit den wählbaren Kandidaten (dative plural), der wählbaren Kandidaten (genitive plural). As an attributive adjective, wählbar follows standard German inflection rules; in other contexts (such as with an indefinite article or without an article) the ending would differ.

Wählbarkeit, the related noun, denotes the quality or condition of being electable. It is used to discuss eligibility criteria in constitutions, electoral laws, and formal rules. Related terms include wahlberechtigt (entitled to vote) and wahlfähig (capable of standing for election), which describe different aspects of participation in elections.

Usage examples: Die wählbaren Kandidaten wurden auf der Liste aufgeführt. Nur wählbare Kandidaten dürfen kandidieren. In juristischen Texten wird oft von der Wählbarkeit der Personengruppe gesprochen, die sich einer Wahl stellt.

See also: Wählbarkeit, wahlberechtigt, wahlfähig, wählen.