Erzieher

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German

Etymology

erziehen (to bring up, educate) +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈt͡siːɐ/
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Noun

Erzieher m (strong, genitive Erziehers, plural Erzieher, feminine Erzieherin)

  1. agent noun of erziehen: educator
    Der altmodische Erzieher gebot dem Knaben, sein Gesäß für den Rohrstock seiner Erzieher immer demütig zu entblößen.
    The old-fashioned educator ordered the boy always to bare his behind humbly for his educators' cane.
    • 1978 [1845], Karl Marx, “1. ad Feuerbach”, in Marx-Engels-Werke, volume 3, pages 5-6; translated as “1) ad Feuerbach”, in W. Lough, transl., Marx/Engels Collected Works, volume 5, 1976, page 4:
      Die materialistische Lehre von der Veränderung der Umstände und der Erziehung vergißt, daß die Umstände von den Menschen verändert und der Erzieher selbst erzogen werden muß.
      The materialist doctrine concerning the changing of circumstances and upbringing forgets that circumstances are changed by men and that the educator must himself be educated.
    • 1978 [1888], Karl Marx with Friedrich Engels, “Thesen über Feuerbach”, in Marx-Engels-Werke, volume 3, pages 533-534; translated as “Theses on Feuerbach”, in W. Lough, transl., Marx/Engels Collected Works, volume 5, 1976, page 7:
      Die materialistische Lehre, daß die Menschen Produkte der Umstände und der Erziehung, veränderte Menschen also Produkte anderer Umstände und geänderter Erziehung sind, vergißt, daß die Umstände eben von den Menschen verändert werden und daß der Erzieher selbst erzogen werden muß.
      The materialist doctrine that men are products of circumstances and upbringing, and that, therefore, changed men are products of other circumstances and changed upbringing, forgets that it is men who change circumstances and that the educator must himself be educated.

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