unfähig

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 (comparative unfähiger, superlative am unfähigsten)

1. incapable, unable, inept

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   A situation, whereby those who have been stripped of their cultural heritage, have been rendered unable to understand the truth about it.

2. incompetent

Antonyms

• fähig
• imstande

Further reading

• “unfähig” in Duden online