Fakultät

German

Alternative forms

• Facultät (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin facultas (“power, capability”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fakʊlˈtɛːt/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /-ˈteːt/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
• Hyphenation: Fa‧kul‧tät

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Noun

Fakultät f (genitive Fakultät, plural Fakultäten)

1. (mathematics) factorial
2. (university) faculty

Descendants

• → Russian: факульте́т (fakulʹtét) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “Fakultät” in Duden online
• “Fakultät” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache