Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Auffassungsgabe
English translation:
Comprehension
Added to glossary by
Nikolaos Angelidis
Jul 31, 2009 10:25
14 yrs ago
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German term
Auffassungsgabe
German to English
Bus/Financial
Human Resources
this is listed as one of the qualities of an employee in her testimonial, does it mean something like "the ability to learn"?
Proposed translations
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Change log
Aug 1, 2009 11:16: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "Auffassungsaufgabe" to "Auffassungsgabe"
Aug 2, 2009 12:07: Nikolaos Angelidis Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Nikolaos Angelidis
Greece
Greece
Greece
DipTransIoLET
Native in: Greek 
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German term (edited):
Auffassungsaufgabe
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Comprehension
The actual German term should be "Auffassungsgabe" und nicht -aufgabe. See http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auffassungsgabe
This is a standard term for student (or employee) assessment.
I have found the following in EUR-Lex: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/Notice.do?mode=dbl&lang=de&lng1=de,...
DE: Der Probezeitbericht, der am 10. Mai 1995 über sie verfasst wurde, enthält folgende Beurteilungen:
– „Fähigkeit, ihre Aufgaben wahrzunehmen“: „gut“, für die Rubrik „Auffassungsgabe, Anpassungs- und Urteilsfähigkeit“ wird jedoch die Note „unzureichend“ vergeben, die mit fehlender Genauigkeit, Detailsorgfalt und Aufmerksamkeit begründet wird;
EN: The probationary report drawn up on Ms Landgren on 10 May 1995 included the following assessments:
– in regard to ‘Ability to perform her duties’: ‘good’, although under the heading ‘Comprehension, adaptability, judgment’, the assessment was ‘insufficient’, justified by a lack of precision, attention to detail and care;
This is a standard term for student (or employee) assessment.
I have found the following in EUR-Lex: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/Notice.do?mode=dbl&lang=de&lng1=de,...
DE: Der Probezeitbericht, der am 10. Mai 1995 über sie verfasst wurde, enthält folgende Beurteilungen:
– „Fähigkeit, ihre Aufgaben wahrzunehmen“: „gut“, für die Rubrik „Auffassungsgabe, Anpassungs- und Urteilsfähigkeit“ wird jedoch die Note „unzureichend“ vergeben, die mit fehlender Genauigkeit, Detailsorgfalt und Aufmerksamkeit begründet wird;
EN: The probationary report drawn up on Ms Landgren on 10 May 1995 included the following assessments:
– in regard to ‘Ability to perform her duties’: ‘good’, although under the heading ‘Comprehension, adaptability, judgment’, the assessment was ‘insufficient’, justified by a lack of precision, attention to detail and care;
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Dzasmin
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thanks Dzasmin;-))
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ArnoTranslat (X)
: as per my discussion entry of 09:04
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thanks Arno;-))
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gangels (X)
: really 'comprehension test'
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thanks gangels;-))
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Comment: "thank you all!"
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Deborah Shannon
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Specializes in field
Germany
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German term (edited):
Auffassungsaufgabe
quick on the uptake
In the phrase 'schnelle Auffassungsgabe' it usually refers to the ability to absorb new information quickly or quickly get the measure of new situations and demands.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-07-31 12:39:33 GMT)
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In that case, why not put something very complimentary about the person's 'grasp' of his or her area.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-07-31 12:39:33 GMT)
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In that case, why not put something very complimentary about the person's 'grasp' of his or her area.
Note from asker:
| thanks. that's what I've seen mostly too, however, in my context they used ausgeprägte instead of schnelle |
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seehand
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Dzasmin
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Steffen Walter
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Nikolaos Angelidis
: Dear Debora, I think "quick on the uptake" is the description of somebody with "Auffassungsgabe". Here the asker asks for one word serving as an attribute on a list. I believe, "comprehension" renders the meaning better (see my answer)
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I take your point! But 'listed' doesn't necessarily imply a list of words, which would be unusual in a testimonial.
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gangels (X)
: a colloquialism that seems out of place here
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philgoddard
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Ellen Kraus
Austria
Austria
Native in German
Austria
more than thirty years of experience
Native in: German 
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German term (edited):
Auffassungsaufgabe
perceptive faculty / intellectual grasp / see below
I would recomment to consult online dict. cc. it offers at least a dozen of viable options , a.o.: perception, comprehension, quick wittedness and such like.
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ArnoTranslat (X)
: with the 'grasp' direction, as per my discussion entry of 09:04
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thank you !
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German term (edited):
ausgeprägte Auffassungsaufgabe
a tremendous grasp of things
er hat eine große Auffassungsfähigkeit he has a tremendous grasp of things
http://dictionary.reverso.net/german-english/Auffassungsgabe
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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-07-31 15:49:39 GMT)
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Thanks to Steffen's input, I revise my suggestion to:
(a) very good grasp of things
http://dictionary.reverso.net/german-english/Auffassungsgabe
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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-07-31 15:49:39 GMT)
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Thanks to Steffen's input, I revise my suggestion to:
(a) very good grasp of things
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Steffen Walter
: I'd consider "tremendous" a bit too strong (a bit too much on the positive side) to render "ausgeprägt". Perhaps "very good"?
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Touché ! Please see my added note
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Werner Hehn
Native in German
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English
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German term (edited):
Auffassungsaufgabe
Auffassungsgabe = powers of comprehension
This is what we used to call this candidate attribute in HR
Discussion
I do agree with the correct spelling "Auffassungsgabe". Auffassungsaufgabe would be something like a comprehension test ;)
Patrick - ignoring the well known pitfalls of google, you can still use it to check the relative frequency of two alternate spellings: Auffassungsaufgabe 784 hits, Auffassungsgabe 656,000 hits