Nomen

das Semester

semester, term

Das neue Semester beginnt im Oktober.

The new semester begins in October.

Ich habe dieses Semester viele Kurse.

I have many courses this semester.

Er macht ein Auslandssemester in Spanien.

He is doing a semester abroad in Spain.

in this semester in this semester I have a lot of work to do in this semester.

during the semester during the semester Students work part-time during the semester.

Synonym: Halbjahr (half-year)

From Latin 'semestris' (of six months), derived from 'sex' (six) and 'mensis' (month).

It's a direct cognate with the English 'semester'. Both come from the Latin for 'six months'.

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