vorhersagbarer

Vorhersagbar is a German adjective meaning able to be predicted or forecastable. The comparative form vorhersagbarer expresses a higher degree of predictability than another item. The term is used in contexts such as statistics, economics, meteorology, and risk assessment, where researchers compare how predictable different phenomena or outcomes are.

Grammatically, vorhersagbar is declined like a typical German adjective. The form vorhersagbarer appears in the masculine singular nominative (and follows standard declension patterns for other cases and genders). It is commonly used with nouns such as Trend, Modell, or Ergebnis: Ein vorhersagbarer Trend; Der Trend ist vorhersagbarer geworden. For other genders or cases the corresponding endings apply (vorhersagbares Phänomen, vorhersagbare Ergebnisse, des vorhersagbaren Trends).

Nuance: vorhersagbar emphasizes the potential for forecasting based on information or models rather than merely observing regularities; it is related to but distinct from berechenbar (computable) and vorhersehbar (foreseeable). In practice, predictability is often probabilistic, so vorhersagbarer can describe a relative rather than an absolute level of predictability.

Etymology and related forms: vorhersagbar derives from vorhersagen (to forecast) with the suffix -bar, forming a word meaning capable of being forecast. The comparative vorhersagbarer follows standard German adjective formation for the -bar class. Related terms include vorhersehbar (foreseeable) and berechenbar (calculable), which are used in overlapping but not identical senses.