Borrowed fromGerman Aufgabe
Aufgabe (plural Aufgabes or Aufgaben
( psychology ) predisposition toward particularmental operations inherent in thenature of atask or conveyed by the instructions for performing it.( psychology ) task orassignment ( involving such a predisposition ) .1902 William James , “Lectures XVI and XVII: Mysticism”, inThe Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature [ … ] Longmans, Green, and Co. [ … ] →OCLC page389 :The notion is thoroughly characteristic of the mystical level, and theAufgabe [Georg Wilhelm Friedrich] Hegel 's intellect by mystical feeling. FromMiddle High German ūfgābe verbal noun from the ancestor ofaufgeben surface analysis ,auf ( “ up ” ) +Gabe ( “ gift, giving ” ) . Compare alsoDutch opgave borrowed the meaning "task" from the German.
IPA (key ) : /ˈʔaʊ̯fˌɡaːbə/ Hyphenation:Auf‧ga‧be Rhymes:-aːbə Aufgabe f genitive Aufgabe plural Aufgaben
task ,duty ,job ,chore ,responsibility ,business ,office Synonym: Auftrag m 2010 Der Spiegel [1] 31/2010 , page56 :DieAufgabe 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 ofAufgabe [feminine ]
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