"Seminar" meaning in German

See Seminar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /zemiˈnaːr/, [ze.miˈnaː(ɐ̯)], [ˌzɛ-], [ˌzeː-], [-mɪ-], [-ˈnaːʁ] Audio: LL-Q188 (deu)-Sebastian Wallroth-Seminar.wav , De-Seminar.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Rhymes: -aːɐ̯, -aː Etymology: From Latin seminarium. Etymology templates: {{etymon|de|:der|la:seminarium}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "seminarium", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Seminar", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Seminar">, {{der|de|la|seminarium}} Latin seminarium Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s}} Seminar n (strong, genitive Seminares or Seminars, plural Seminare) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s}} Forms: Seminares [genitive], Seminars [genitive], Seminare [plural], strong [table-tags], Seminar [nominative, singular], Seminare [definite, nominative, plural], Seminares [genitive, singular], Seminars [genitive, singular], Seminare [definite, genitive, plural], Seminar [dative, singular], Seminare [dative, singular], Seminaren [dative, definite, plural], Seminar [accusative, singular], Seminare [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. seminar (small-group university class similar to a school lesson) Tags: neuter, strong Coordinate_terms: Kolloquium, Sprachkurs, Tutorium, Übung, Vorlesung
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  2. department (subdivision of a faculty) Tags: neuter, strong Synonyms: Institut
    Sense id: en-Seminar-de-noun-eY-VWlsw Categories (other): German entries with etymon, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 32 33 35 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 45 41 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 41 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 43 21 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 36 43 21
  3. seminary (school for clergy) Tags: neuter, strong Synonyms: Predigerseminar [Protestant], Priesterseminar [Catholic]
    Sense id: en-Seminar-de-noun-bMOiKHDb Categories (other): German entries with etymon, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 32 33 35 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 45 41 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 41 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 43 21 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 36 43 21

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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