Qualität

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See also: qualitat

German

Etymology

Partly via French qualité, partly directly from Latin qualitās. Compare Hunsrik Qualiteet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkvaliˈtɛːt/, (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˌkvaliˈteːt/ (overall more common; chiefly northern and eastern regions)
  • Hyphenation: Qua‧li‧tät
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Noun

Qualität f (genitive Qualität, plural Qualitäten)

  1. quality (level of excellence, level of being free from defects)
    Antonym: Quantität
    Unter Qualität versteht man die Gesamtheit aller Merkmale und Eigenschaften eines Gutes hinsichtlich seiner Eignung, festgelegte oder vorausgeschriebene Erfordernisse zu erfüllen.
    Quality means the totality of features and characteristics of a good regarding its suitability to fulfil fixed or pre-written requirements.
    Qualität ist dann, wenn sie alle wiederkommen – die Kunden natürlich, nicht die Produkte!
    Quality exists when they all come back – the customers of course, not the products!

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Further reading

  • Qualität” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Qualität” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Qualität” in Duden online