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die Empathiefähigkeit

empathy, capacity for empathy

Empathiefähigkeit ist eine wichtige soziale Kompetenz.

The capacity for empathy is an important social skill.

Ihm fehlt jegliche Empathiefähigkeit.

He completely lacks any capacity for empathy.

((to have/possess)) empathy to have/possess empathy A good teacher must possess empathy.

((sb.)) lacks empathy someone lacks empathy He lacks the necessary empathy for this job.

Synonyms: Einfühlungsvermögen (sensitivity), Mitgefühl (compassion); Antonyms: Gefühlskälte (cold-heartedness), Egoismus (egoism)

A compound word: 'Empathie' (empathy, from Greek 'empatheia') + '-fähigkeit' (ability, from 'fähig' - able). Literally 'empathy-ability'.

Break it down: 'Empathie' (like in English) + 'Fähigkeit' (ability). It's the 'ability for empathy'.

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