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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

verringerbar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fɛɐ̯ˈʁɪŋɐbaːɐ̯

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Abatable/əˈbeɪ.tə.bəl/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der Schaden ist durch schnelle Intervention verringerbar."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Capable of being lessened, reduced, mitigated, or suppressed.

    "The noise pollution from the nearby highway is abatable with the installation of sound barriers."
  2. 2

    In legal contexts, able to be terminated, nullified, or suspended.

    "The nuisance claim was deemed abatable once the offending structure was removed."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French verb 'abattre', meaning to beat down, cast down, or lessen, combining the Latin prefix 'ad-' and 'batuere' (to beat). Entering Middle English in the 14th century, the suffix '-able' was later attached to denote capability or susceptibility to an action.

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