autodidakt
See also: Autodidakt
Danish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αὐτοδίδακτος (autodídaktos), from αὐτός (autós, “self”) and διδάσκω (didáskō, “I teach”).
Pronunciation
Noun
autodidakt c (singular definite autodidakten, plural indefinite autodidakter)
- 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
- 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
Noun
autodìdakt m (Cyrillic spelling аутодѝдакт)
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 |