Universalgelehrter
German, noun[univɛʁˈzaːlɡəˌleːɐ̯tɐ]
Universalgelehrter is spelled U-N-I-V-E-R-S-A-L-G-E-L-E-H-R-T-E-R (18 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written German, the 309,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Universalgelehrter is a German masculine noun meaning “polymath (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive/dative singular of Universalgelehrte. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gelehrter, der in besonders hohem Maße über das Wissen seiner Zeit verfügt”.
What does Universalgelehrter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepolymath (male or of unspecified gender)
noun
- 1
femininestrong genitive/dative singular
- 2
femininestrong genitive plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gelehrter, der in besonders hohem Maße über das Wissen seiner Zeit verfügt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Universalgelehrter
- der Universalgelehrte definite nominative
- Universalgelehrten genitive
- Universalgelehrte plural
- die Universalgelehrten definite plural
- Universalgelehrtem dative singular strong
- des Universalgelehrten genitive singular
- der Universalgelehrten genitive plural
- dem Universalgelehrten dative singular
- den Universalgelehrten dative plural
- ein Universalgelehrter nominative singular
- keine Universalgelehrten nominative plural
- eines Universalgelehrten genitive singular
- keiner Universalgelehrten genitive plural
- einem Universalgelehrten dative singular
- keinen Universalgelehrten dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Universalgelehrter?
- [univɛʁˈzaːlɡəˌleːɐ̯tɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Universalgelehrter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Universalgelehrter in German?
Universalgelehrter appears about once in every 28 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).