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German
Etymology
From fähig (“capable, able”) + -keit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛːɪçkaɪ̯t/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈfeːɪç-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
- Hyphenation: Fä‧hig‧keit
Noun
Fähigkeit f (genitive Fähigkeit, plural Fähigkeiten)
- ability, capability
- Synonyms: Können, Vermögen
- Antonyms: Unfähigkeit, Unvermögen
- 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 255:
Wir verstehen unter Kommunismus die auf Gütergemeinschaft beruhende Gesellschaftsbeziehung, die jedem nach seinen Fähigkeiten zu arbeiten, jedem nach seinen Bedürfnissen zu verbrauchen erlaubt.- We understand by communism the relationship of society that is based on public ownership, that allows everyone to work according to his capabilities, everyone to consume according to his needs.
- Fähigkeiten aufbauen. ― to build up skills.
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