Polyglot Dictionary

Pädagogik

/pɛdaˈɡoːɡɪk/

die noun C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. pedagogy

    • Sie studiert Pädagogik.

      She studies education.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Didaktik

Close synonyms in educational theory — Didaktik focuses specifically on how to teach a subject, Pädagogik is the broader science of education and child development.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

pedagogía

pedagogía is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "pedagogy."

Practice

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2 Fill the gap: Sie studiert ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Pädagogik?

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