Thomas

It literally translates as the fingertip feeling and it is used to describe someone's ability to handle delicate situations with care and intuition.

It's that fine sense of timing and also knowing exactly how to act or approach a problem.

It's like having a sixth sense for that problem.

Fingerspitzengefühl.

Here is how you would use it in a sentence.

Ich glaube, mir fehlt das nötige Fingerspitzengefühl für diese Aufgabe.

And this is a sentence you should absolutely remember and you can use for so many situations.

Ich glaube, mir fehlt das nötige Fingerspitzengefühl für diese Aufgabe.

I don't think I have the necessary, let's call it intuitive sensitivity for this task.

You can use this to avoid having a difficult conversation with your boss or settling a dispute between friends, but also manually difficult tasks like fiddling a tiny string through a sawing needle.

You can also use it to describe that someone is good at something.

If you use it for somebody else, you could say, Diese Frau hat ein politisches Fingerspitzengefühl wie niemand sonst.

Sie wird bestimmt die nächste Kanzlerin.

So this woman has a political intuition and skill like no one else.

She will surely become the next chancellor.

Was für ein Wort.

Ich liebe es.

Fingerspitzengefühl.

Okay, next one.

Das Kopfkino.