A2Education
Dozent
In German
Dozent
do-TSENT
🇬🇧 English
🇪🇸 Español
🇮🇹 Italiano
Don't Get Confused!
❌ Looks like
docent
In English means: "a person who acts as a guide, lecturer, or teacher at a museum, art gallery, or zoo"
✅ Actually means
Dozent
lecturer (at a university, not necessarily a professor)
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Memory Tip
A German 'Dozent' is a 'lecturer' at a university. An English 'docent' is typically a museum guide. Remember, a 'Dozent' 'does' lectures, not museum tours!
Example Sentences
1
Der Dozent hielt eine interessante Vorlesung über antike Geschichte.
The lecturer gave an interesting lecture on ancient history.
2
Unsere Dozentin für Statistik ist sehr kompetent.
Our statistics lecturer is very competent.