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die Eigenschaft (-en)
   characteristic, feature, trait, property; propensity, quality; capacity

Ist Ehrlichkeit eine angeborene Eigenschaft oder eine kulturell erworbene?
Is honesty a trait we are born with, or is it culturally acquired?
In seiner Eigenschaft als Vorsitzender will er...
In his capacity as chairman, he wants to…
"Der Mensch ist ein geldgieriges Tier, und diese Eigenschaft kommt allzu oft seiner Güte in die Quere."
"…yet man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence." - Herman Melville, Moby Dick

Related:
das Eigenschaftswort adjective
chemische/elektrische Eigenschaft chemical/electrical property
die Eigenschaften (pl.) properties (computing)

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