Aufgabe

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noun

A predisposition toward particular mental operations inherent in the nature of a task or conveyed by the instructions for performing it.

OriginGerman Aufgabe ← Middle High German ūfgābe →
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Meanings

nounAufgabe (plural Aufgabes or Aufgaben)

plural Aufgabes · plural Aufgaben

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

    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.

    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

Origin

  1. Middle High Germanūfgābe
  2. GermanAufgabe
  3. EnglishAufgabe

Borrowed from German Aufgabe.

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APA

Aufgabe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aufgabe

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Chicago

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