lösbarer

Lösbarer is the masculine or neuter singular nominative or accusative inflected form of the German adjective löbar (usually written lö sbar in standard spelling). The base adjective lö sbar means capable of being solved or dissolved. Its meaning depends on context and can refer to solvability in a problem or to something that can be dissolved in a solvent.

In usage, lösbar primarily describes problems, equations, or puzzles that can be resolved by reasoning or calculation. Examples include das Gleichungssystem ist lösbar (the system of equations is solvable) or dieses Rätsel ist lösbar. The form lösbarer is used before masculine or neuter singular nouns in such contexts: ein lösbarer Fall, das lösbare Problem. For feminine nouns, the form is lösbare (eine lösbare Aufgabe). Plural forms are lösbare Aufgaben, die lösbaren Ergebnisse, etc.

In chemistry and materials contexts, the related sense of dissolving is often expressed with the adjective löslich (soluble). Although lö sbar can be encountered in some technical or historical texts, lö slich remains the standard term for substances that dissolve in a solvent.

Etymologically, lö sbar derives from the verb lösen plus the suffix -bar, signaling capability. It is cognate with similar -able formations in other Germanic languages and with the English suffix -able. The related noun forms include Lösbarkeit (solvability or dissolvability) and Lösungsansatz (approach to a solution).

See also: Lösen, Lösung, Lösbarkeit, Löslichkeit, lösbar.