Seminar

See also: seminar and seminář

German

Etymology

From Latin seminarium.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zemiˈnaːr/, [ze.miˈnaː(ɐ̯)], [ˌzɛ-], [ˌzeː-], [-mɪ-], [-ˈnaːʁ]
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  • Rhymes: -aːɐ̯, -aː

Noun

Seminar n (strong, genitive Seminares or Seminars, plural Seminare)

  1. seminar (small-group university class similar to a school lesson)
    Coordinate terms: Kolloquium, Sprachkurs, Tutorium, Übung, Vorlesung
  2. department (subdivision of a faculty)
    Synonym: (may also be the next higher level) Institut
  3. seminary (school for clergy)
    Synonyms: (Protestant) Predigerseminar, (Catholic) Priesterseminar

Declension
Declension of Seminar [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Seminar die Seminare
genitive eines des Seminares, Seminars der Seminare
dative einem dem Seminar, Seminare1 den Seminaren
accusative ein das Seminar die Seminare

1Now rare, see notes.

Descendants
  • → English: seminar (see there for further descendants)
  • → Estonian: seminar
  • → Finnish: seminaari
  • → Japanese: ゼミナール (zemināru)
  • → Russian: семинар (seminar)

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