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erkjennbare

Erkjennbare is a Norwegian adjective meaning recognizable or discernible. It describes features, signs, or data that can be identified with relative ease. The term is formed from the verb erkjennne? No, from erkjenne (to acknowledge, recognize) with the productive suffix -bar, which creates adjectives that express capability or tendency. The base form is erkjennbar, and erkjennbare is used as an inflected form in contexts such as before plural nouns or in certain feminine forms, depending on the variety of Norwegian.

In usage, erkjennbare appears in academic, journalistic, and everyday language to indicate that particular patterns, signs,

See also: erkjenne, erkjennbar, -bar suffix, Norwegian adjectives.

or
differences
are
clearly
identified.
Examples:
"Det
er
erkjennbare
forskjeller
mellom
de
to
modellene"
(There
are
recognizable
differences
between
the
two
models);
"Disse
trekkene
er
erkjennbare
i
dataene"
(These
features
are
recognizable
in
the
data).
The
term
is
common
in
fields
such
as
data
analysis,
linguistics,
psychology,
and
criminology
when
describing
attributes
or
cues
that
observers
can
reliably
identify.