Polyglot Dictionary

gelehrt

/ɡəˈleːɐ̯t/

adjective C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

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Meaning

  1. learned

    Built from lehren (to teach).

    • Er ist ein gelehrter Mann.

      He is a learned man.

Made of

  • lehren to teach

Similar words

kundig

Kundig is knowledgeable or expert in a practical sense; gelehrt is learned, in the sense of formal scholarship.

gebildet

Gebildet is the everyday word for educated; gelehrt is more formal, "learned," closer to scholarly.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

erudito

erudito is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "learned."

Practice

1 What does gelehrt mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches gelehrt?

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