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die Beweglichkeit

mobility, flexibility, agility

Regelmäßiges Dehnen verbessert die Beweglichkeit.

Regular stretching improves mobility.

Er zeigte große Beweglichkeit im Denken.

He showed great flexibility in his thinking.

the mobility/flexibility ((of sth.)) The mobility of the joints is important.

Synonyms: Flexibilität, Agilität; Antonyms: Steifheit (stiffness), Unbeweglichkeit (immobility)

Comes from 'bewegen' (to move) + '-lich' (adjective suffix) + '-keit' (noun suffix for a quality). It literally means 'move-able-ness'.

Break it down: 'bewegen' is 'to move'. The '-lichkeit' ending turns it into a quality, so it's the quality of being able to move.

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