Definition
A man with educational training who looks after and supports children or young people.
Translations
- English
- male early-years educator
- Français
- éducateur
- Türkçe
- erkek eğitimci
- Polski
- wychowawca
- Русский
- воспитатель
- Українська
- вихователь
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Erzieher
- A1
- Noun
- Work & Professions
- Education & Learning
male early-years educator
/deːɐ̯ ɛɐ̯ˈt͡siːɐ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Erzieher
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Work & ProfessionsPrimaryEducation & Learning
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Erzieher liest den Kindern eine Geschichte vor.NominativSing.The male educator reads the children a story.
- Heute spricht der Erzieher mit den Eltern.NominativSing.Today the male educator talks to the parents.
- Das Kind ruft den Erzieher.AkkusativSing.The child calls the male educator.
- Die Mutter spricht mit dem Erzieher.DativSing.The mother talks to the male educator.
- Die Erzieher arbeiten im Kindergarten.NominativPlur.The male educators work at the kindergarten.
- Die Eltern treffen die Erzieher.AkkusativPlur.The parents meet the male educators.
- Die Eltern sprechen mit den Erziehern.DativPlur.The parents talk to the male educators.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Erzieher/ɛɐ̯ˈt͡siːɐ/
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Article phrase
der Erzieher/deːɐ̯ ɛɐ̯ˈt͡siːɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Erzieher | die Erzieher |
| Akkusativ | den Erzieher | die Erzieher |
| Dativ | dem Erzieher | den Erziehern |
| Genitiv | des Erziehers | der Erzieher |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeinen Erzieher fragen
- Collocationeinen Erzieher einstellen
- Prepositional constructionmit dem Erzieher sprechenmit + Dativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
No semantic relations have been added for this sense.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- erzieh-Derivational base
- -erSuffix
Word family
- Erzieherin — female early-years educator