Definition
The learned or natural capacity to do something well.
Translations
- English
- ability
- Français
- capacité
- Türkçe
- yetenek
- Polski
- umiejętność
- Русский
- способность
- Українська
- здатність
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Fähigkeit
- B1
- Noun
- Education & Learning
- Work & Professions
ability
/diː ˈfɛːɪçkaɪ̯t/
Meaning and translations
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Grammar & classification
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- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Fähigkeiten
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Topics
- Education & LearningPrimaryWork & Professions
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Pronunciation and forms
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Lemma
Fähigkeit/ˈfɛːɪçkaɪ̯t/
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Article phrase
die Fähigkeit/diː ˈfɛːɪçkaɪ̯t/
Declension / Forms
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Semantic relations
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- Broader termEigenschaft — characteristic
A Fähigkeit is a special form of Eigenschaft that enables a person or thing to perform an action or achieve a performance.
Word formation and word family
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