vergleichbarem

Vergleichbarem is a declined form of the German adjective vergleichbar, meaning "comparable" or "able to be compared." It is specifically the dative singular masculine or neuter form used when the adjective appears attributively, often after prepositions that govern the dative case.

In German, adjectives decline according to the determiner that accompanies the noun. Without a determiner, the strong declension yields vergleichbarem in the dative singular for masculine and neuter nouns (for example, mit vergleichbarem Aufwand, mit vergleichbarem Risiko). With a definite article or der-words, the endings change to the weak form (for example, dem vergleichbaren Aufwand; dem vergleichbaren Risiko). With an indefinite article or possessive determiner, mixed endings appear (zum Beispiel einem vergleichbaren Aufwand).

Common contexts for vergleichbarem include discussions of cost, effort, or risk where two or more items are described as being similar in degree or scale. It serves to emphasize that a given quantity or attribute can be reasonably compared to another reference point.

Semantically, vergleichbar is near-synonymous with similar or akin in quality, but it stresses comparability rather than exact equality. The related noun Vergleiche or the abstract noun Vergleichbarkeit (comparability) are often used in technical or analytical writing.

Etymology traces vergleichbar to the verb vergleichen (to compare) with the productive adjectival suffix -bar, signaling capability or suitability. See also vergleichbar, Vergleich, and Vergleichbarkeit for related forms and concepts.