Noun
das Seminar
Pronunciation: /zemiˈnaːr/
seminar (small university class)
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plural Seminare
Meanings
Noun
- seminar (small university class)
- institute; department (at a university)
- seminary (school for priests)
Example sentence
In meinem Seminar sind dreißig Studenten.
There are thirty students in my seminar.
Word forms
singular
das Seminar
plural
die Seminare
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedas Seminar
Accusativedas Seminar
Dativedem Seminar
Genitivedes Seminars
Plural
Nominativedie Seminare
Accusativedie Seminare
Dativeden Seminaren
Genitiveder Seminare
Usage
- an einem Seminar teilnehmen — Take part in a seminar; an takes the dative.
- Seminar / Vorlesung — A Seminar usually involves a smaller discussion group; a Vorlesung is a lecture.
Im Seminar diskutieren wir gemeinsam über den Text.
In the seminar, we discuss the text together.