# der Fachidiot

der Fachidiot is a German noun meaning “fachidiot”. Forms: des Fachidioten, die Fachidioten.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Fachidioten
- Plural: die Fachidioten

## Meanings

1. _derogatory_ fachidiot (a specialist expert who is ignorant outside of their specialty)
   - 1895, A. W., De proletariis philologis, p. 815, in: Die Neue Zeit. Revue des geistigen und öffentlichen Lebens. Dreizehnter Jahrgang. Erster Band, Stuttgart, p. 814ff. — (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2. _colloquial · pejorative_ nerd
   - Er ist ein richtiger Fachidiot.

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