"Pedant" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /peˈdant/ Audio: De-Pedant.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Rhymes: -ant Etymology: Borrowed from French pédant (literally “schoolmaster”), from Italian pedante, from Ancient Greek παιδεία (paideía). Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|fr|pédant|lit=schoolmaster}} Borrowed from French pédant (literally “schoolmaster”), {{der|de|it|pedante}} Italian pedante, {{der|de|grc|παιδεία}} Ancient Greek παιδεία (paideía) Head templates: {{de-noun|m.weak|f=in}} Pedant m (weak, genitive Pedanten, plural Pedanten, feminine Pedantin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m.weak}} Forms: Pedanten [genitive], Pedanten [plural], Pedantin [feminine], weak [table-tags], Pedant [nominative, singular], Pedanten [definite, nominative, plural], Pedanten [genitive, singular], Pedanten [definite, genitive, plural], Pedanten [dative, singular], Pedanten [dative, definite, plural], Pedanten [accusative, singular], Pedanten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. pedant (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning) Tags: masculine, weak Related terms: Pedanterie, pedantisch, Pedantismus
    Sense id: en-Pedant-de-noun-q-ElwEW6 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "english": "Beneath the Wheel",
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}

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