messbaren

Messbaren is the inflected form of the German adjective messbar, meaning measurable. In German, adjectives change their endings according to case, gender, and number, so messbar appears as messbarer, messbare, or messbaren depending on the surrounding words. The form messbaren is commonly found in phrases such as den messbaren Wert, dem messbaren Wert, die messbaren Werte, or mit messbaren Größen, where it appears in accusative, dative, or plural contexts.

Etymology and grammar: messbar is formed from messen (to measure) with the suffix -bar, which turns a verb into an adjective meaning "able to be ..." The ending -en in messbaren signals masculine singular dative or plural forms in certain constructions, and it also appears in other cases in phrases without a strong article.

Usage: The adjective messbar is used to describe quantities, properties, or results that can be quantified or evaluated by measurement. Examples include phrases like eine messbare Größe (a measurable quantity), die messbaren Werte (the measurable values), or die Messbarkeit einer Methode (the measurability of a method). The form messbaren appears across cases, most notably in den messbaren Wert (accusative masculine singular) and dem messbaren Wert (dative masculine singular), as well as in plural phrases like die messbaren Werte.

Conceptual note: Measurability, expressed by the noun Messbarkeit, is a central concept in science and statistics. It concerns whether a property can be quantified with a numerical value and thus subjected to empirical analysis. In practice, measurability affects experimental design, data interpretation, and the comparability of results.