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

Declension of autodidakt

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	autodidakt	autodidakten	autodidakter	autodidakterne
genitive	autodidakts	autodidaktens	autodidakters	autodidakternes

Adjective

autodidakt

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

Inflection

Inflection of autodidakt
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	autodidakt	—	—2
Indefinite 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

• (rare) autodidaktisk
• selvlært

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

autodìdakt m (Cyrillic spelling аутодѝдакт)

1. autodidact

Declension

Declension of autodidakt

	singular	plural
nominative	autodidakt	autodidakti
genitive	autodidakta	autodidakata
dative	autodidaktu	autodidaktima
accusative	autodidakta	autodidakte
vocative	autodidakte	autodidakti
locative	autodidaktu	autodidaktima
instrumental	autodidaktom	autodidaktima

Swedish

Noun

autodidakt c

1. an autodidact

Declension

Declension of autodidakt
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	autodidakt	autodidakten	autodidakter	autodidakterna
Genitive	autodidakts	autodidaktens	autodidakters	autodidakternas

Related terms

• autodidaktisk

See also

• självlärd

References

• autodidakt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• autodidakt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• autodidakt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)