Vocabulary
das
Sommersemester
/ˈzɔmɐzeˌmɛstɐ/· noun· Pl. die Sommersemester
summer semester (at German universities April to September; lectures from about mid-April to July)
German universities divide the year into a Wintersemester (October to March) and a Sommersemester (April to September). Lectures run for only part of it; the rest is lecture-free time for exams, papers and internships. Many programmes start only in the winter semester.
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Forms
- Singular
- das Sommersemester
- Plural
- die Sommersemester
- Genitiv
- des Sommersemesters
- Abkürzung
- SoSe, SS
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
Sommersemester
summer semester
Im Sommersemester beginnen die Vorlesungen Mitte April.
In the summer semester lectures start in mid-April.
Word family
Sommersemesterder Sommersummerdas Semestersemesterdas Wintersemesterwinter semesterdie Sommerferiensummer holidays
Common combinations
- im Sommersemesterin the summer semester
- zum Sommersemesterfor / from the summer semester
- sich zum Sommersemester bewerbento apply for the summer semester
Common learner mistakes
- Ich fange das Studium im Sommer an.Ich fange das Studium zum Sommersemester an.Universities count in semesters: the Sommersemester starts on 1 April, with lectures from mid-April — not in what you'd call summer.
Real examples
- Der Studiengang beginnt nur zum Wintersemester, nicht zum Sommersemester.The programme only starts in the winter semester, not in the summer semester.
- Für das Sommersemester meldet ihr euch im Februar zurück.You re-register for the summer semester in February.
- Im Sommersemester belege ich drei Seminare.In the summer semester I'm taking three seminars.
