autodidakt

See also: Autodidakt

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτοδίδακτος (autodídaktos), from αὐτός (autós, “self”) and διδάσκω (didáskō, “I teach”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /avtodidakt/, [ˈɑwtˢod̥iˌd̥aɡ̊d̥], [ɑwtˢod̥iˈd̥aɡ̊d̥]

Noun

autodidakt c (singular definite autodidakten, plural indefinite autodidakter)

  1. autodidact (a self-taught person)

Inflection

Adjective

autodidakt

  1. autodidactic, self-taught, self-educated [from 1969]

Inflection

Inflection of autodidakt
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular autodidakt — —2
Neuter singular autodidakt — —2
Plural autodidakte — —2
Definite attributive1 autodidakte — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /autodǐdakt/
  • Hyphenation: a‧u‧to‧di‧dakt

Noun

autodìdakt m (Cyrillic spelling аутодѝдакт)

  1. autodidact

Declension

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