bestmögliche

Bestmögliche is a German adjective meaning “as good as possible” or “the best possible.” It is used to describe outcomes, solutions, or actions that meet the highest feasible standard within given constraints. The form is created from the prefix best- combined with möglich (possible), and it inflects to agree with the noun: der bestmögliche Plan, die bestmögliche Lösung, das bestmögliche Ergebnis.

In usage, bestmögliche is common in everyday language as well as formal writing. It appears in policy discussions, engineering, business planning, and ethics, where speakers or writers discuss aiming for the best feasible option given limits such as time, budget, or information. The phrase conveys aspirational optimization rather than a guaranteed absolute optimum.

In philosophy and decision theory, the concept is tied to constrained optimization: among available options, one that maximizes a chosen objective while respecting constraints. Because information and assumptions can change, what is bestmögliche can be provisional and revisited as conditions evolve.

See also: bestmöglich (adverbial form meaning “as well as one can”), optimal, ideal. The term is widely understood in German-speaking contexts and also used in German-language translations of English “best possible.”