# pedagog
## English
### Noun

pedagog (plural pedagogs)
* Alternative spelling of pedagogue.

### Verb

pedagog (third-person singular simple present pedagogs, present participle pedagoging, simple past and past participle pedagoged)
* Alternative spelling of pedagogue.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin paedagogus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós).

### Noun

pedagog m (plural pedagogs, feminine pedagoga)
* pedagogue

#### Related terms

* pedagogia

### Further reading

* “pedagog” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “pedagog”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “pedagog” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “pedagog” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch pedagoog, from Middle French pedagogue, from Latin paedagōgus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós), παῖς (paîs, “child”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “guide”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /peˈdaɡoɡ/ [peˈda.ɡok̚]
* Rhymes: -aɡoɡ
* Syllabification: pe‧da‧gog

### Noun

pedagog (plural pedagog-pedagog)
* (education) pedagogue: a teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young

#### Related terms

* pedagogi
* pedagogik
* pedagogis

### Further reading

* “pedagog” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós).

### Noun

pedagog m (definite singular pedagogen, indefinite plural pedagoger, definite plural pedagogene)
* a pedagogue (esp. historically)
* a teacher, educationalist

#### Related terms

* pedagogikk
* pedagogisk

### References

* “pedagog” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “pedagog” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós).

### Noun

pedagog m (definite singular pedagogen, indefinite plural pedagogar, definite plural pedagogane)
* a pedagogue (esp. historically)
* a teacher, educationalist

#### Related terms

* pedagogikk
* pedagogisk

### References

* “pedagog” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

From Latin paedagōgus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós), from παῖς (paîs, “child”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “guide”) (from ἄγω (ágō, “lead”)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɛˈda.ɡɔk/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɡɔk
* Syllabification: pe‧da‧gog

### Noun

pedagog m pers
* pedagogue

#### Related terms

* pedagogiczny
* pedagogika

### Noun

pedagog f (indeclinable)
* pedagogue

### Further reading

* pedagog in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* pedagog in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French pédagogue or Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós) or Latin paedagogus or German Pädagog.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pe.daˈɡoɡ/

### Noun

pedagog m (plural pedagogi, feminine equivalent pedagogă)
* pedagogue

#### Declension
### References

* pedagog in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From pedagògija.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pedǎɡoɡ/
* Hyphenation: pe‧da‧gog

### Noun

pedàgog m (Cyrillic spelling педа̀гог)
* pedagogue

#### Declension
### References

* “pedagog”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pedaˈɡoːɡ/

### Noun

pedagog c
* pedagogue, teacher
* a person who researches pedagogy; an educationalist
* (figuratively) a person skilled at explaining

#### Related terms

* pedagogik

### References

* pedagog in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* pedagog in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)