die Fakultät
Translation
faculty, department, school, factorial
Examples
Sie studiert an der juristischen Fakultät.
She studies at the law school.
Die Fakultät von vier ist 24.
The factorial of four is 24.
Die gesamte Fakultät war bei der Sitzung anwesend.
The entire faculty was present at the meeting.
Grammar Patterns
the faculty of sth. the faculty of sth. the faculty of medicine
at the faculty at the faculty to study at the school of philosophy
Similar Words
Fachbereich (department), Lehrkörper (teaching staff)
Etymology
From Latin 'facultas' meaning 'ability, power'. It came to mean a branch of learning at a university, a body of people with a certain 'ability'.
Memory Tips
Cognate with English 'faculty'. Remember its three main meanings: university department (or school), the teaching staff, and the mathematical 'factorial'.