Seminar
German, noun/zemiˈnaːr/
Seminar is spelled S-E-M-I-N-A-R (7 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,583rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seminar is a German neuter noun meaning “seminar (small-group university class similar to a school lesson)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Veranstaltungsform an Bildungseinrichtungen, die durch Aktivität der Teilnehmer gekennzeichnet ist”.
What does Seminar mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterseminar (small-group university class similar to a school lesson)
- 2
neuterdepartment (subdivision of a faculty)
- 3
neuterseminary (school for clergy)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Veranstaltungsform an Bildungseinrichtungen, die durch Aktivität der Teilnehmer gekennzeichnet ist 2. Bezeichnung für Bildungsinstitutionen, zum Beispiel an Universitäten
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Seminar
- Seminares genitive
- Seminars genitive
- Seminare plural
- Seminaren dative definite plural
- Seminarien nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Seminar?
- /zemiˈnaːr/
- [ze.miˈnaː(ɐ̯)]
- [ˌzɛ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Seminar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Seminar in German?
Seminar appears 13 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).