Fachidiot
German (Berlin)
[ˈfaχʔiˌdi̯oːt]
noun
Definitions
- (pejorative) fachidiot a specialist expert who is ignorant outside of their specialty
Etymology
Compound from German Fach (subject, compartment, drawer, field of study, profession) + German Idiot (idiot).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Idiot
Gloss
idiot
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fachidiot English
- fakki Finnish
- fakkiutua Finnish
- Fach German
- Facharzt German
- Fachausdruck German
- Fachbegriff German
- Fachbereich German
- Fachchinesisch German
- Fachhochschule German
- Fachinformatiker German
- Fachjargon German
- Fachkenntnis German
- Fachmarkt German
- Fachsprache German
- Fachwort German
- Handschuhfach German
- Idiot German
- Postfach German
- Schließfach German
- Stimmfach German
- Unterrichtsfach German
- Vollidiot German
- Zahnfach German
- idiotensicher German
- idiot French
- ἰδιώτης Ancient Greek
- *faką Proto-Germanic
- fach Polish
- fag Danish
- fagidiot Danish
- idiot Danish
- foch Czech
- fah Old High German
- vach Middle High German
- Fach Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch