bewertbares

Bewertbares is a German adjective meaning capable of being valued, assessed, or evaluated. It is used to describe things whose value, usefulness, or significance can be determined by measurement, estimation, or judgment. The base form is bewertbar; in ordinary sentence use it combines with nouns as bewertbares Gut (a thing that can be valued), bewertbare Daten (valued data), etc.

Etymology and form: The word is formed from the verb bewerten (to evaluate) and the suffix -bar, which denotes capability. In attributive position the ending follows standard German inflection: ein bewertbares Gut, zwei bewertbare Daten, dieses bewertbare Risiko. The noun form das Bewertbare is a nominalized usage that can refer collectively to things that are capable of being valued, though more common in academic writing is the noun Bewertbarkeit (evaluability) or Wertbarkeit (value relevance).

Usage: Bewertbares is encountered mainly in academic and policy contexts, such as economics, risk assessment, or philosophy of value. It appears in phrases like das Bewertbare einer Maßnahme, die Bewertbarkeit von Daten oder die Bewertung von Kosten-Nutzen-Analysen. In everyday language, speakers are more likely to use explicit phrases like „kann bewertet werden“ rather than the compact adjective.

Related terms: Bewerten, Bewertung, Bewertbarkeit (evaluability), Wertbarkeit (value relevance). A related distinction is between what is bewertbar (capable of being valued) and what is wertvoll (valuable in the sense of usefulness or monetary value). See also economics, ethics, and decision theory discussions on evaluability and measurability.