Pedant
See also: pedant and pédant
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French pédant (literally “schoolmaster”), from Italian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈdant/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ant
Noun
Pedant m (weak, genitive Pedanten, plural Pedanten, feminine Pedantin)
- pedant (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
- 1906, Hermann Hesse, Unterm Rad [Beneath the Wheel], 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 |
Further reading
- “Pedant” in Duden online