unfähig

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German

Etymology

un- (un-) +‎ fähig (able, capable); cognate with Hunsrik unfähich

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʊnfɛːɪç/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʊnfeːɪç/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʊnfɛːɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: un‧fä‧hig

Adjective

unfähig (strong nominative masculine singular unfähiger, comparative unfähiger, superlative am unfähigsten)

  1. incapable, unable, inept
    (please add the primary text of this usage example)
    A situation, whereby those who have been stripped of their cultural heritage, have been rendered unable to understand the truth about it.
  2. incompetent

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Further reading

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