Professor

== English == === Alternative forms === Prof. (abbreviation) === Noun === Professor (plural Professors) The title for someone who holds the job of professor. (informal, sometimes derogatory) A mock title for a person seen as pedantic or obsessive on a topic. == German == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʁoˈfɛsoːɐ̯/ Hyphenation: Pro‧fes‧sor === Noun === Professor m (mixed, genitive Professors, plural Professoren, diminutive Professorchen n or Professorlein n, feminine Professorin) professor 2006, Michael Schüring, Minervas verstoßene Kinder: Vertriebene Wissenschaftler und die Vergangenheitspolitik der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, section Dank ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Professor” in Duden online “Professor”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)