GERMAN · C2WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION
der Dilettant
incompetent amateur; bungler
amateur; nonprofessional enthusiast
IN CONTEXT
Er verstand sich als musikalischer Dilettant, dem das gemeinsame Spielen wichtiger war als der Anspruch, irgendwann vor einem zahlenden Publikum aufzutreten.
He saw himself as an amateur musician for whom playing with others mattered more than the ambition to perform for a paying audience someday.
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