abgrenzbarer

Abgrenzbarer is an adjective in the German language, formed from abgrenzbar (able to be delimited) with the typical attributive ending -er. It describes something that can be clearly separated or distinguished from others, boundaries, or categories. In translation, it is often rendered as delimited, definable, or clearly delineable, depending on context.

The word combines the prefix ab- (away, separating) with grenze(n) (boundary) and the suffix -bar (capable of), yielding the sense that a boundary or criterion can be set or defined. The form abgrenzbarer is the masculine singular nominative attributive form, for example der abgrenzbare Bereich. Other gender and number forms follow standard German adjective ending patterns: die abgrenzbare Grenze, das abgrenzbare Gebiet, die abgrenzbaren Bereiche.

Usage is common in science, law, urban and regional planning, data analysis, and philosophy, whenever a boundary, criterion, or category can be specified with clarity. It emphasizes definability and separability rather than ambiguity. For instance: Der abgrenzbare Forschungsbereich umfasst nur die relevanten Variablen. Eine abgrenzbare Kriterienmenge erleichtert die Klassifikation. Nicht alle Phänomene sind abgrenzbar; in manchen Fällen bleibt die Abgrenzung unscharf oder unklar.

See also: Abgrenzung, Grenzziehung, definierbar. Related terms include abgrenzen (to delimit), Abgrenzungskriterium (delimitation criterion), and other modifiers that express clarity or ambiguity in boundaries and definitions.