frugality
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frugality
The quality of handling resources such as money, time, or energy economically and thoughtfully, and avoiding unnecessary spending or waste.
Ihre Sparsamkeit ermöglichte es ihr, trotz des geringen Einkommens ein kleines Vermögen anzusparen.
Her frugality enabled her to save up a small fortune despite her low income.
'Sparsamkeit' (frugality) is derived from the adjective 'sparsam' (frugal). The ending '-keit' is a common way to form abstract nouns from adjectives that describe a quality or state.
Freundlichkeit, Ehrlichkeit und Pünktlichkeit sind wichtige Eigenschaften.
Friendliness, honesty, and punctuality are important qualities.
The word is often used with a possessive pronoun to emphasize a person's quality. Another typical construction is 'aus Sparsamkeit' (out of frugality), used to give the reason for an action.
Seine Sparsamkeit ist in der ganzen Familie bekannt.
His frugality is known throughout the whole family.
Common verbs used with 'Sparsamkeit' (frugality) are 'beweisen' (to demonstrate), 'lernen' (to learn), or 'jemanden zur Sparsamkeit erziehen' (to raise someone to be frugal). The quality is also often described with adjectives such as 'übertrieben' (excessive) or 'sprichwörtlich' (proverbial).
In schweren Zeiten mussten die Menschen Sparsamkeit lernen.
In difficult times, people had to learn frugality.
efficiency
Effizienz and Sparsamkeit can both involve using few resources. Effizienz, however, relates that use to the result achieved. Sparsamkeit means avoiding unnecessary consumption or spending, without automatically saying anything about the quality of the result.
Die Sparsamkeit des Teams zeigt sich darin, dass es unnötige Ausgaben konsequent vermeidet.
The team's frugality is evident in the way it consistently avoids unnecessary expenses.
Die Effizienz des Teams steigt, weil es mit weniger Arbeitszeit gleich viele Aufträge erledigt.
The team's efficiency is increasing because it completes the same number of orders with less working time.
