Aufgabe

Meaning

1. (feminine) task, duty, job, chore, responsibility, business, office
2. (feminine) mission, task, challenge
3. (feminine) abandonment, surrender, relinquishment
4. (feminine) problem (math, arithmetic)
5. (feminine) function, aim, object, purpose
6. (feminine) assignment, work, exercise (at school)
7. (feminine) posting (act of transporting mail)

Hyphenated as

Auf‧ga‧be

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʔaʊ̯fˌɡaːbə/

Etymology

From Middle High German ūfgābe, ultimately a verbal noun from the ancestor of aufgeben. By surface analysis, auf (“up”) + Gabe (“gift, giving”). Compare also Dutch opgave, which may have borrowed the meaning "task" from the German.

Sentences

Rebellion ist Aufgabe der Jugend .

Rebellion is the task of the youth.

Deine Aufgabe ist es , die Schaulustigen abzulenken .

Your job is to distract the onlookers.

Aufgabe des Tests ist die Feststellung von Render-Fehlern durch Webbrowser .

The task of the test is to detect render errors by web browsers.