Spalter
derNounGerman translations
- 01
column
- 02
splitter
Word details
- German meaning
- Ein Haarspalter ist eine Person, die übermäßig genau und kleinlich ist und sich in unwichtigen Details verliert.
- English meaning
- Hair-splitter
- Synonym
- Pedant, Korinthenkacker
- German example
- Er ist ein echter Haarspalter, der jedes Detail kritisiert.
- English example
- He is a real hair-splitter who criticizes every detail.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- der
- Singular Form
- der Haarspalter
- Plural Form
- die Haarspalter
Related words
- Cleaver
Spalter
- spaltig
spalterbig
- Haarspalterei
Hair-splitting, quibbling over minor details
- Schismatiker
schismatic
- Sezessionist
Secessionist
- Pedantin
A pedant is a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules, often to the point of being annoying.
- Pedant
Pedant
- rabulistisch
Rabulistic means that someone is petty, quibbling, and fond of hair-splitting, often to achieve a goal.
- sophistisch
Sophistical, deceptive, fallacious
- spitzfindig
quibbling, captious
- separatistisch
Separatist means advocating or supporting political independence or separation from a larger entity.
- reinerbig
Homozygous means that an organism has two identical alleles for a particular trait.
- Umstandskrämer
A stickler is a person who is unnecessarily complicated and pedantic, often regarding rules or details.
- schismogen
Schismogenic
- spalterbig
Heterozygous
- spalterbig
splintery
- spalterbig
brittle
- Haarspalterei
nitpicking
- kirchenspalterisch
schismatic
- Haarspalter
hairsplitter
- kirchenspalterisch
church-divisive
- Haarspalter
pedant