Otti hält es für vertretbar, sich das letzte Stück Kuchen zu nehmen, weil er heute Geburtstag hat. Otti thinks it's justifiable to take the last piece of cake because it's his birthday today.

adjective · C1

vertretbar

[fɛɐ̯ˈtʁeːtˌbaːɐ̯]

justifiable, acceptable

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Other Examples

Wir finden den Kompromiss vertretbar, auch wenn er niemanden ganz glücklich macht.

We think the compromise is acceptable, even if it doesn't make anyone completely happy.
Ist das für dich wirklich vertretbar, oder sagst du das nur, um mich zu beruhigen?

Is that really justifiable to you, or are you just saying it to calm me down?
Lotte findet die Kosten für das neue Fachbuch gerade noch vertretbar.

Lotte thinks the cost of the new textbook is just about acceptable.

Grammar

Comparative: vertretbarer Compares two things: … als …
Superlative: am vertretbarsten The most of all, with "am": am …sten.

How the Word Is Built

ver prefix tret root bar suffix

ver-: often a change, a loss or "away": vermieten (to rent out), verlieren (to lose), sich verlaufen (to get lost).
-bar: can be done: zahlbar (payable), essbar (edible).

Word family

vertretendie Vertretungtreten

In Otti's situations: Lotte at a philosophy evening

die Abwägung das Dilemma durchdenken die Ethik ethisch die Freiheit das Gedankenexperiment das Gewissen Gewissensbisse haben der Grundsatz lügen die Menschenwürde

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