hanterbar

Hanterbar is an adjective used in Scandinavian languages to describe something that can be handled, managed, or controlled without excessive difficulty. In English translations it corresponds to words such as manageable, tractable, or controllable. The term is commonly used in contexts such as project planning, risk assessment, software development, and data analysis to indicate that a task, system, or dataset lies within acceptable complexity or effort.

Hanterbar derives from the verb hantera, meaning to handle or manage, combined with the suffix -bar, which marks capability. In standard Norwegian and Danish the cognate form håndterbar is more common, with hanterbar appearing in some dialects, older texts, or when adapting to non-Scandinavian languages. The spelling without the diacritic is sometimes used in internationalized writing.

In usage, hanterbar communicates a qualitative assessment rather than a precise measurement. It implies that the workload, risk, or complexity can be kept within bounds through existing controls, processes, or resources. It is often contrasted with terms such as kompleks (complex) or uoversiktlig (unmanageable) to express relative ease of management.

See also: manageable, tractable, risk management, project planning.