Definition
A course session in which a group studies and discusses a subject together.
Translations
- English
- seminar
- Français
- séminaire
- Türkçe
- seminer
- Polski
- seminarium
- Русский
- семинар
- Українська
- семінар
GERMAN DICTIONARY
das Seminar
- B1
- Noun
- Education & Learning
- Work & Professions
seminar
/das zeˈmiːnaːɐ̯/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- das
- Gender
- Neuter
- Plural
- Seminare
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Topics
- Education & LearningPrimaryWork & Professions
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Das Seminar beginnt um neun Uhr.NominativSing.The seminar begins at nine o’clock.
- Die Dozentin plant das Seminar sorgfältig.AkkusativSing.The lecturer plans the seminar carefully.
- Die Studierenden widmen dem Seminar viel Zeit.DativSing.The students devote a lot of time to the seminar.
- Der Beginn des Seminars wurde verschoben.GenitivSing.The beginning of the seminar was postponed.
- Die Seminare an der Universität sind gut besucht.NominativPlur.The seminars at the university are well attended.
- Viele Studierende besuchen die Seminare regelmäßig.AkkusativPlur.Many students attend the seminars regularly.
- Die Dozentin gibt den Seminaren unterschiedliche Schwerpunkte.DativPlur.The lecturer gives the seminars different focuses.
- Die Themen der Seminare wechseln jedes Semester.GenitivPlur.The topics of the seminars change every semester.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Seminar/zeˈmiːnaːɐ̯/
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Article phrase
das Seminar/das zeˈmiːnaːɐ̯/
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Plural
Seminare/zeˈmiːnaːʁə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Seminar | die Seminare |
| Akkusativ | das Seminar | die Seminare |
| Dativ | dem Seminar | den Seminaren |
| Genitiv | des Seminars | der Seminare |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationein Seminar besuchen
- Collocationein Seminar leiten
- Collocationein Seminar anbieten
- Collocationan einem Seminar teilnehmen
- Collocationein Seminar vorbereiten
- Collocationein Seminar mit einer Diskussion abschließen
Semantic relations
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No semantic relations have been added for this sense.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Word family
- Seminarkurs
- Seminarteilnehmer