Polyglot Dictionary

Professor

/pʁofɛˈsoːɐ̯/

der noun A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Professoren
feminine
die Professorin

Meaning

  1. professor

    Used as a title before a name, exactly like English — "Professor Müller."

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Lehrer

A Lehrer teaches at school, at any level. Professor is reserved for university faculty — using it for a schoolteacher would sound like a joke or a mistake.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

catedrático

catedrático is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "professor."

Practice

1 What does Professor mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ hält heute keine Vorlesung.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Professor?

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