berührbare

Berührbare is a German adjective meaning "able to be touched" or "tangible." It describes objects, surfaces, or phenomena that can be physically touched or grasped by the sense of touch. In everyday language it is commonly used to indicate material, texture, or accessibility by touch. The term is typically contrasted with unberührbar or forms that denote things that cannot be touched, either because they are not physically present or are abstract.

From berühren (to touch) with the suffix -bar, forming adjectives meaning "able to be." The form berührbar exists in attributive position (ein berührbarer Gegenstand) and as a predicative descriptor (das Objekt ist berührbar).

Das Berührbare is a noun formed by nominalizing the adjective, used in philosophical or literary contexts to refer to the realm of things that can be touched—the tangible, material world. It appears in discussions about perception and ontology, often in contrast to das Denkbare (the thinkable) or das Nicht-Berührbare (the untouchable/abstract).

Common synonyms include greifbar, fassbar, fühlbar, and anfassbar. Antonyms include unberührbar and ungreifbar. The word is more literal in everyday use and more often encountered in philosophical or descriptive prose when distinguishing tangible experience from the intangible.