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
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

Fakultät f (genitive Fakultät, plural Fakultäten)

  1. (mathematics) factorial
  2. (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

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

  • medizinische Fakultät (“medical school”) (technical term)

Descendants

Further reading

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