Fachtrottel

German edit

Etymology edit

Functionally Fach +‎ Trottel, variant of Fachidiot.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈfaχˌtʁɔtl̩/
Hyphenation: Fach‧trot‧tel

Noun edit

Fachtrottel m (strong, genitive Fachtrottels, plural Fachtrottel)

(Austria, derogatory) fachidiot (a specialist expert who is ignorant outside of their specialty)
Synonym: Fachidiot

Declension edit

Declension of Fachtrottel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Fachtrottel	die	Fachtrottel
genitive	eines	des	Fachtrottels	der	Fachtrottel
dative	einem	dem	Fachtrottel	den	Fachtrotteln
accusative	einen	den	Fachtrottel	die	Fachtrottel

Related terms edit

Fachtrottelei

See also edit

Betriebsblindheit, Tunnelblick

Further reading edit

Fachtrottel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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