🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

fähig

Pronunciation / Transliteration: faehig

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Able/ˈeɪ.bəl/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Er ist fähig, diese Aufgabe zu lösen."

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1 sense
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having the power, skill, capacity, or requisite time to do something.

    "She is able to run a marathon in under four hours."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Middle English: from Old French *able*, from Latin *habilis* 'handy, manageable', from *habere* 'to have, hold'.

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