Noun
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, “Lectures XVI and XVII: Mysticism”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, footnote 1, page 389:The notion is thoroughly characteristic of the mystical level, and the Aufgabe of making it articulate was surely set to [Georg Wilhelm Friedrich] Hegel's intellect by mystical feeling.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔaʊ̯fˌɡaːbə/
- Hyphenation: Auf‧ga‧be
- Rhymes: -aːbə
Noun
Aufgabe f (genitive Aufgabe, plural Aufgaben)
- task, duty, job, chore, responsibility, business, office
- Synonym: Auftrag m
2010, Der Spiegel, 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
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Declension of Aufgabe [feminine]
Further reading
- “Aufgabe” in Duden online
- “Aufgabe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache