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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
    Eine Situation, in der diejenigen, die ihres kulturellen Erbes beraubt wurden, unfähig gemacht wurden, die Wahrheit darüber zu verstehen.
    A situation, whereby those who have been stripped of their cultural heritage, have been rendered unable to understand the truth about it.
  2. incompetent

Declension

Antonyms

Further reading

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