die Fähigkeit
Meaning in English: ability, skill
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Sie hat die Fähigkeit, andere zu begeistern.
She has the ability to inspire others.
Der, die or das?
Fähigkeit is feminine: die Fähigkeit. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -keit are die in 15 of 15 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
Forms of Fähigkeit in the top 5,000
These forms of Fähigkeit are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:
Sie hat viele Fähigkeiten, die man nicht sofort sieht.
She has many skills that you don't see right away.
How common is Fähigkeit?
Fähigkeit is number 3,793 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 22 times per million words — about once every 45,000 words. Its most frequent form is Fähigkeiten (#1,378).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Related words in the list
Words built on Fähigkeit:
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,789beeinflusstinfluenced, affects
- 3,790das Erlebnisexperience
- 3,791breitesbroad, wide (neuter)
- 3,792ansehento look at, to watch
- 3,793die Fähigkeitability, skill
- 3,794Eventsevents
- 3,795erhebento levy, to collect; to raise
- 3,796Verträgecontracts
- 3,797das Homeofficeworking from home, home office
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,793
- The most common German nouns#1,630
- German B2 vocabulary#841
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#529
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.