Pädophilie

German

Etymology

By surface analysis, Pädo- +‎ -philie. Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παιδοφιλία (paidophilía), from Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs, “boy, child”) + φῐλῐ́ᾱ (philíā, “love”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌpɛːdofiˈliː] (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): [ˌpeːdofiˈliː] (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

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• Hyphenation: Pä‧do‧phi‧lie

Noun

Pädophilie f (genitive Pädophilie, no plural)

1. pedophilia (sexual feeling of desire directed towards children)

   Synonym: Pädosexualität

Declension

Declension of Pädophilie [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Pädophilie
genitive	einer	der	Pädophilie
dative	einer	der	Pädophilie
accusative	eine	die	Pädophilie

Derived terms

• Pseudopädophilie

Related terms

• pädophil
• Pädophiler, Pädophile

Descendants

• → English: pedophilia
• → Russian: педофилия (pedofilija)

Further reading

• “Pädophilie” in Duden online
• “Pädophilie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache