Dozent

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin docēns, docentem (“teaching”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈt͡sɛnt/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Do‧zent

Noun

Dozent m (weak, genitive Dozenten, plural Dozenten, feminine Dozentin)

1. lecturer, instructor (at the university level; male or of unspecified sex)

   Dozenten und Mitarbeiter ― faculty and staff

Declension

Declension of Dozent [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Dozent	die	Dozenten
genitive	eines	des	Dozenten	der	Dozenten
dative	einem	dem	Dozenten	den	Dozenten
accusative	einen	den	Dozenten	die	Dozenten

Hypernyms

• Lehrkraft

Derived terms

• Privatdozent

Descendants

• → Hungarian: docens
• → Polish: docent
• → Romanian: docent
• → Turkish: doçent
• → Russian: доцент (docent)

Further reading

• “Dozent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache