"Aufgabe" meaning in German

See Aufgabe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʔaʊ̯fˌɡaːbə/ Audio: De-at-Aufgabe.ogg , De-Aufgabe.ogg
Rhymes: -aːbə 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. Etymology templates: {{etymon|de|inh|gmh>ūfgābe>task|afeq|auf>up|Gabe>gift|id=task}}, {{inh|de|gmh|ūfgābe}} Middle High German ūfgābe, {{surf|de|auf|Gabe|t1=up|t2=gift, giving}} By surface analysis, auf (“up”) + Gabe (“gift, giving”), {{cog|nl|opgave}} Dutch opgave Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Aufgabe f (genitive Aufgabe, plural Aufgaben) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Aufgabe [genitive], Aufgaben [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Aufgabe [nominative, singular], Aufgaben [definite, nominative, plural], Aufgabe [genitive, singular], Aufgaben [definite, genitive, plural], Aufgabe [dative, singular], Aufgaben [dative, definite, plural], Aufgabe [accusative, singular], Aufgaben [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. task, duty, job, chore, responsibility, business, office Tags: feminine Synonyms: Auftrag
    Sense id: en-Aufgabe-de-noun-E7zbczUt
  2. mission, task, challenge Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Aufgabe-de-noun-bu48Kilq
  3. abandonment, surrender, relinquishment Tags: feminine Synonyms: Übergabe, Kapitulation
    Sense id: en-Aufgabe-de-noun-aZqWnoI8 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 19 16 4 4 18 5 6 24 4
  4. problem (math, arithmetic) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Aufgabe-de-noun-rlGowyK6
  5. function, aim, object, purpose Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Aufgabe-de-noun-J9r832JB
  6. assignment, work, exercise (at school) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Aufgabe-de-noun-HIKmhph2 Categories (other): Entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs: 15 17 4 5 18 6 6 24 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 19 16 4 4 18 5 6 24 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 17 3 3 22 3 4 30 3 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 8 7 24 8 8 38 8
  7. posting (act of transporting mail) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Aufgabe-de-noun-7TkQU0Gv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: Führungsaufgabe, Gemeinschaftsaufgabe, Hausaufgabe, Lebensaufgabe (english: life's work, life's purpose) [feminine], Querschnittsaufgabe, Rechenaufgabe, Textaufgabe, Übungsaufgabe Related terms: Abgabe, Angabe, aufgeben, Beigabe, Mitgabe, Übergabe, Vergabe, Vorgabe, Zurückgabe

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "opgave",
            "cal": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: opgave (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: opgave (calque)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "opgave",
            "sml": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: opgave (semantic loan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: opgave (semantic loan)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "gmh>ūfgābe>task",
        "4": "afeq",
        "5": "auf>up",
        "6": "Gabe>gift",
        "id": "task"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "ūfgābe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German ūfgābe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "auf",
        "3": "Gabe",
        "t1": "up",
        "t2": "gift, giving"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, auf (“up”) + Gabe (“gift, giving”)",
      "name": "surf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "opgave"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch opgave",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Aufgabe",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Aufgaben",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Aufgabe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Aufgaben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Aufgabe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Aufgaben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Aufgabe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Aufgaben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Aufgabe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Aufgaben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Aufgabe f (genitive Aufgabe, plural Aufgaben)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Auf‧ga‧be"
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Führungsaufgabe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Gemeinschaftsaufgabe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Hausaufgabe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "life's work, life's purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lebensaufgabe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Querschnittsaufgabe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Rechenaufgabe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Textaufgabe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Übungsaufgabe"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Abgabe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Angabe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "aufgeben"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Beigabe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Mitgabe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Übergabe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Vergabe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Vorgabe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Zurückgabe"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The duty of a defense lawyer consists of fighting for his clients with all constitutional means.",
          "ref": "2010, Der Spiegel, number 31/2010, page 56:",
          "text": "Die Aufgabe eines Verteidigers besteht darin, für seine Mandanten mit allen Mitteln des Rechtsstaats zu kämpfen.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "task, duty, job, chore, responsibility, business, office"
      ],
      "id": "en-Aufgabe-de-noun-E7zbczUt",
      "links": [
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ],
        [
          "job",
          "job"
        ],
        [
          "chore",
          "chore"
        ],
        [
          "responsibility",
          "responsibility"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "office",
          "office"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Auftrag"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mission, task, challenge"
      ],
      "id": "en-Aufgabe-de-noun-bu48Kilq",
      "links": [
        [
          "mission",
          "mission"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "challenge",
          "challenge"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 16 4 4 18 5 6 24 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "abandonment, surrender, relinquishment"
      ],
      "id": "en-Aufgabe-de-noun-aZqWnoI8",
      "links": [
        [
          "abandonment",
          "abandonment"
        ],
        [
          "surrender",
          "surrender"
        ],
        [
          "relinquishment",
          "relinquishment"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Übergabe"
        },
        {
          "word": "Kapitulation"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "problem (math, arithmetic)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Aufgabe-de-noun-rlGowyK6",
      "links": [
        [
          "problem",
          "problem"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "function, aim, object, purpose"
      ],
      "id": "en-Aufgabe-de-noun-J9r832JB",
      "links": [
        [
          "function",
          "function"
        ],
        [
          "aim",
          "aim"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ],
        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 17 4 5 18 6 6 24 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 16 4 4 18 5 6 24 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 17 3 3 22 3 4 30 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 7 24 8 8 38 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "assignment, work, exercise (at school)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Aufgabe-de-noun-HIKmhph2",
      "links": [
        [
          "assignment",
          "assignment"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "exercise",
          "exercise"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "posting (act of transporting mail)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Aufgabe-de-noun-7TkQU0Gv",
      "links": [
        [
          "posting",
          "posting"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔaʊ̯fˌɡaːbə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Aufgabe.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/De-at-Aufgabe.ogg/De-at-Aufgabe.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/De-at-Aufgabe.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Aufgabe.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/De-Aufgabe.ogg/De-Aufgabe.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/De-Aufgabe.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːbə"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "de:Aufgabe"
  ],
  "word": "Aufgabe"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs",
    "German compound terms",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/aːbə",
    "Rhymes:German/aːbə/3 syllables"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "opgave",
            "cal": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: opgave (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: opgave (calque)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "opgave",
            "sml": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: opgave (semantic loan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: opgave (semantic loan)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "gmh>ūfgābe>task",
        "4": "afeq",
        "5": "auf>up",
        "6": "Gabe>gift",
        "id": "task"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "ūfgābe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German ūfgābe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "auf",
        "3": "Gabe",
        "t1": "up",
        "t2": "gift, giving"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, auf (“up”) + Gabe (“gift, giving”)",
      "name": "surf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "opgave"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch opgave",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Aufgabe",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Aufgaben",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Aufgabe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Aufgaben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Aufgabe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Aufgaben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Aufgabe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Aufgaben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Aufgabe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Aufgaben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Aufgabe f (genitive Aufgabe, plural Aufgaben)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Auf‧ga‧be"
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "Führungsaufgabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gemeinschaftsaufgabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hausaufgabe"
    },
    {
      "english": "life's work, life's purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lebensaufgabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Querschnittsaufgabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rechenaufgabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Textaufgabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Übungsaufgabe"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Abgabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Angabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "aufgeben"
    },
    {
      "word": "Beigabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mitgabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Übergabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vergabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vorgabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zurückgabe"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The duty of a defense lawyer consists of fighting for his clients with all constitutional means.",
          "ref": "2010, Der Spiegel, number 31/2010, page 56:",
          "text": "Die Aufgabe eines Verteidigers besteht darin, für seine Mandanten mit allen Mitteln des Rechtsstaats zu kämpfen.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "task, duty, job, chore, responsibility, business, office"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ],
        [
          "job",
          "job"
        ],
        [
          "chore",
          "chore"
        ],
        [
          "responsibility",
          "responsibility"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "office",
          "office"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Auftrag"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mission, task, challenge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mission",
          "mission"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "challenge",
          "challenge"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "abandonment, surrender, relinquishment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "abandonment",
          "abandonment"
        ],
        [
          "surrender",
          "surrender"
        ],
        [
          "relinquishment",
          "relinquishment"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Übergabe"
        },
        {
          "word": "Kapitulation"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "problem (math, arithmetic)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "problem",
          "problem"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "function, aim, object, purpose"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "function",
          "function"
        ],
        [
          "aim",
          "aim"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ],
        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "assignment, work, exercise (at school)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "assignment",
          "assignment"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "exercise",
          "exercise"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "posting (act of transporting mail)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "posting",
          "posting"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔaʊ̯fˌɡaːbə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Aufgabe.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/De-at-Aufgabe.ogg/De-at-Aufgabe.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/De-at-Aufgabe.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Aufgabe.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/De-Aufgabe.ogg/De-Aufgabe.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/De-Aufgabe.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːbə"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "de:Aufgabe"
  ],
  "word": "Aufgabe"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Aufgabe meaning in German (5.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.