Fakultät
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German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin facultas (“power, capability”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- 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[edit]
Fakultät f (genitive Fakultät, plural Fakultäten)
- (mathematics) factorial
- (university) faculty, school (department within a college)
- Ich habe Kurse an der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Universität Wien belegt. ― I took courses at Vienna University's School of Economics.
Declension[edit]
Declension of Fakultät [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Fakultät | die | Fakultäten |
| genitive | einer | der | Fakultät | der | Fakultäten |
| dative | einer | der | Fakultät | den | Fakultäten |
| accusative | eine | die | Fakultät | die | Fakultäten |
Derived terms[edit]
- medizinische Fakultät (“medical school”) (technical term)
Descendants[edit]
- → Polish: fakultet
- → Russian: факульте́т (fakulʹtét) (see there for further descendants)
- → Serbo-Croatian: fakultet, факултет
Further reading[edit]
- “Fakultät” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Fakultät” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Fakultät” in Duden online
Fakultät on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
