irritable / excitable
reizbar – reizbarer – am reizbarsten
Loading your saved state.
irritable
Easily annoyed or made impatient; reacting strongly even to minor disturbances.
Wenn er zu wenig geschlafen hat, ist er reizbar und ärgert sich über jede Kleinigkeit.
When he hasn’t had enough sleep, he is irritable and gets annoyed about every little thing.
excitable
In biology and medicine: capable of responding to a stimulus with a specific physical reaction.
Muskelzellen sind elektrisch reizbar und können sich als Reaktion auf einen Reiz zusammenziehen.
Muscle cells are electrically excitable and can contract in response to a stimulus.
| basic form | reizbar |
|---|---|
| comparative | reizbarer |
| superlative | am reizbarsten |
| masc. | fem. | neut. | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nom. | -e | -e | -e | -en |
| acc. | -en | -e | -e | -en |
| dat. | -en | -en | -en | -en |
| gen. | -en | -en | -en | -en |
Add the ending to reizbar.
| masc. | fem. | neut. | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nom. | -er | -e | -es | -en |
| acc. | -en | -e | -es | -en |
| dat. | -en | -en | -en | -en |
| gen. | -en | -en | -en | -en |
Add the ending to reizbar.
| masc. | fem. | neut. | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nom. | -er | -e | -es | -e |
| acc. | -en | -e | -es | -e |
| dat. | -em | -er | -em | -en |
| gen. | -en | -er | -en | -er |
Add the ending to reizbar.
'Reizbar' (irritable / excitable) belongs to the word family of 'Reiz' (stimulus) and 'reizen' (to irritate / stimulate). The ending '-bar' means 'can be ...': Someone who is 'reizbar' (irritable / excitable) can easily be irritated, meaning they can easily be annoyed or made to react.
Bei starkem Lärm kann auch ein sonst ruhiger Mensch reizbar werden.
In loud noise, even an otherwise calm person can become irritable.
In the meaning 'leicht zu verärgern' (easily annoyed), 'reizbar' (irritable) frequently appears with 'leicht' (easily), 'besonders' (particularly), or 'zunehmend' (increasingly). Typical phrases include 'leicht reizbar sein' (to be easily irritable) and 'reizbar reagieren' (to react irritably).
Wegen des anhaltenden Stresses ist sie in letzter Zeit besonders reizbar.
Because of the ongoing stress, she has been particularly irritable lately.
The biological and medical meaning is found mainly in technical texts. In this meaning, 'reizbar' (excitable) often describes nerves, muscles, or cells and appears with details such as 'elektrisch' (electrically). You can also say: 'auf einen Reiz reagieren' (to respond to a stimulus).
Die Nervenfasern sind elektrisch reizbar und leiten Signale weiter.
The nerve fibers are electrically excitable and transmit signals.
