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Otti testet seine Merkfähigkeit mit einem Spiel: Er hat eine Minute, um sich zwanzig Bilder einzuprägen. Otti tests his memory with a game: he has one minute to memorise twenty pictures.

noun · C1

die Merkfähigkeit

[ˈmɛʁkfɛːɪçkaɪ̯t]

ability to remember, memory, retentiveness

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  • Seit ich regelmäßig Sport mache, hat sich meine Merkfähigkeit spürbar verbessert.

    Since I started exercising regularly, my ability to remember things has noticeably improved.

    The tinted words form a set phrase: Sport machen

  • Ihr unterschätzt, wie sehr Schlafmangel die Merkfähigkeit beeinträchtigt.

    You underestimate how much a lack of sleep impairs your ability to remember.

  • Frau Hildes Merkfähigkeit ist erstaunlich: Sie kann noch jedes Gedicht aus ihrer Schulzeit auswendig.

    Frau Hilde's memory is astonishing: she still knows every poem from her school days by heart.

How the Word Is Built

Merk root fähig root keit suffix

-keit
a noun from an adjective, always feminine: möglich → die Möglichkeit (possibility).

A compound: Merk + die Fähigkeit

The last word gives the article. More rules

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