Aufgabe

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See also: aufgäbe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Aufgabe.

Noun

Aufgabe (plural Aufgabes or Aufgaben)

  1. (psychology) A predisposition toward particular mental operations inherent in the nature of a task or conveyed by the instructions for performing it.
  2. (psychology) A task or assignment (involving such a predisposition).

German

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Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaʊ̯fˌɡaːbə/
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
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  • Hyphenation: Auf‧ga‧be
  • Rhymes: -aːbə

Noun

Aufgabe f (genitive Aufgabe, plural Aufgaben)

  1. task, duty, job, chore, responsibility, business, office
    Synonym: Auftrag m
    • 2010, Der Spiegel[1], 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.
  2. mission, task, challenge
  3. abandonment, surrender, relinquishment
    Synonyms: Übergabe, Kapitulation
  4. problem (math, arithmetic)
  5. function, aim, object, purpose
  6. assignment, work, exercise (at school)
  7. posting (act of transporting mail)

Declension

Hyponyms

Descendants

  • Danish: opgave (calque)
  • Dutch: opgave (semantic loan)

Further reading

  • Aufgabe” in Duden online
  • Aufgabe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache