Aufgabe
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See also: aufgäbe
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
Aufgabe (plural Aufgabes or Aufgaben)
- (psychology) A predisposition toward particular mental operations inherent in the nature of a task or conveyed by the instructions for performing it.
- (psychology) A task or assignment (involving such a predisposition).
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience […] [1], London: Folio Society, published 2008, footnote, page 329:
- The notion is thoroughly characteristic of the mystical level, and the Aufgabe of making it articulate was surely set to Hegel's intellect by mystical feeling.
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German ūfgābe, ultimately a verbal noun from the ancestor of aufgeben. By surface analysis, auf (“up”) + Gabe (“gift, giving”). Compare also Dutch opgave, which may have borrowed the meaning "task" from the German.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Aufgabe f (genitive Aufgabe, plural Aufgaben)
- task, duty, job, chore, responsibility, business, office
- Synonym: Auftrag m
- 2010, Der Spiegel[2], number 31/2010, page 56:
- Die Aufgabe eines Verteidigers besteht darin, für seine Mandanten mit allen Mitteln des Rechtsstaats zu kämpfen.
- The duty of a defense lawyer consists of fighting for his clients with all constitutional means.
- mission, task, challenge
- abandonment, surrender, relinquishment
- Synonyms: Übergabe, Kapitulation
- problem (math, arithmetic)
- function, aim, object, purpose
- assignment, work, exercise (at school)
- posting (act of transporting mail)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Aufgabe [feminine]
Hyponyms[edit]
- Führungsaufgabe
- Gemeinschaftsaufgabe
- Hausaufgabe
- Lebensaufgabe f (“life's work, life's purpose”)
- Querschnittsaufgabe
- Rechenaufgabe
- Textaufgabe
- Übungsaufgabe
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