Pedant

See also: pedant and pédant

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French pédant (literally “schoolmaster”), from Italian pedante, from Ancient Greek παιδεία (paideía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈdant/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant

Noun

Pedant m (weak, genitive Pedanten, plural Pedanten, feminine Pedantin)

  1. pedant (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
    • 1906, Hermann Hesse, Unterm Rad [Beneath the Wheel]‎[1], Berlin: S. Fischer:
      Man sage nicht, Schulmeister haben kein Herz und seien verknöcherte und entseelte Pedanten!
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Declension

Declension of Pedant [masculine, weak]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Pedant die Pedanten
genitive eines des Pedanten der Pedanten
dative einem dem Pedanten den Pedanten
accusative einen den Pedanten die Pedanten

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