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Where does “Gelehrte” come from?

Gelehrte (German) comes from German gelehrt — learned, scholarly; past participle of lehren.

Gelehrte (German): female scholar, savant, pundit, woman of letters,...

Definitions

  1. female scholar, savant, pundit, woman of letters,...

Ancestry of “Gelehrte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangelehrtlearned, scholarly; past participle of lehren
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