Eigenschaft

German

Etymology

From Middle High German eigenschaft, from Old High German eiganscaft, eiganskaft, equivalent to eigen (“own”, adjective) +‎ -schaft (“-ship”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɪ̯ɡn̩ʃaːft/
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Noun

Eigenschaft f (genitive Eigenschaft, plural Eigenschaften)

feature, property, characteristic; quality
- Sind wir wirklich mehr als die Summe unserer Eigenschaften?
  Are we really more than the sum of our characteristics?
- Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften
  The Man Without Qualities (novel in three volumes by Robert Musil (1930-42))

Declension

Declension of Eigenschaft

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Eigenschaft	die	Eigenschaften
genitive	einer	der	Eigenschaft	der	Eigenschaften
dative	einer	der	Eigenschaft	den	Eigenschaften
accusative	eine	die	Eigenschaft	die	Eigenschaften

Further reading

Eigenschaft in Duden online

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