German

Noun

Semester n

1. semester
   • 1996 November 14, Raymond, Klibansky; Patrick Conley, “Die Grenzen des akademischen Lebens sprengen”, in Merkur, volume 50, number 564, ISSN 0026-0096, page 274:

     Als Cassirer mich 1926 einlud, wechselte ich für zwei Semester an die Universität Hamburg.

English

Alternative forms

• semestre (obsolete)

Noun

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1. Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as fall or spring semester.

   I will graduate at the end of the spring semester.

2. A period or term of six months.

Translations

See also

• term
• trimester
• half-year

Danish

Etymology

From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris ‎(“lasting six months”), from sex ‎(“six”) + mēnsis ‎(“month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /semɛstər/, [seˈmɛsd̥ɐ]

Noun

Lua error in Module:links at line 89: attempt to index local 'target' (a number value) (singular definite semestret or semesteret, plural indefinite semestre)

1. semester (half of school year)

Declension

See also

• semester on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

References

• “semester” in Den Danske Ordbog

Swedish

Etymology

From New Latin sēmestris ‎(“lasting six months”); sex ‎(“six”) + mēnsis ‎(“month”). See also German Semester.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈmɛstɛr/

Noun

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1. a holiday/vacation, especially from work

   Nästan alla här går på semester under sensommaren.

   Almost everyone here goes on vacation during late summer.

2. an activity related to vacationing, especially in compound terms

   Jag åkte på campingsemester med kollegerna.

   I went on a camping vacation with my colleagues.

3. (figuratively) a relief from a taxing situation

   Vi behöver ta semester från varandra.

   We need to take a break from each other.

Declension

Related terms

References

• semester in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)