Is it der, die or das Seminar?

DAS

Seminar

The correct article in German of Seminar is das. So it is das Seminar! (nominative case)

The word Seminar is neuter, therefore the correct article is das.

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German declension of Seminar?

How does the declension of Seminar work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

1	Singular	Plural
Nominative	das Seminar	die Seminare
Genitive	des Seminars	der Seminare
Dative	dem Seminar	den Seminaren
Akkusative	das Seminar	die Seminare

What is the meaning of Seminar in German?

Seminar has various definitions in German:

[1] event form of educational institutions, which is characterized by the activity of the participants

[1] Veranstaltungsform an Bildungseinrichtungen, die durch Aktivität der Teilnehmer gekennzeichnet ist

[2] Description for educational institutions, for example at universities

[2] Bezeichnung für Bildungsinstitutionen, zum Beispiel an Universitäten

How to use Seminar in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Seminar with translations in English.

[1] Im letzten Semester habe ich ein Seminar über Spieltheorie besucht.

[1] In the last semester I visited a seminar on game theory

[1] „In den Seminaren lebte er von der Hand in den Mund und verließ sich auf sein Gedächtnis.“

[1] "In the seminars he lived from hand in his mouth and relied on his memory"

[1] „Sie war in meinem Seminar.“

[1] "She was in my seminar" "

[1] „Der Breslauer Philologe Siebs hatte die Gewohnheit, die Vollzähligkeit seines Seminars jeweils anhand einer Liste zu überprüfen.“

[1] "The Breslau philologist Siebs had the habit of checking the fullness of his seminar using a list"

[2] An der Universität Göttingen gibt es viele Seminare: zum Beispiel ein Seminar für deutsche Philologie.

There are many seminars at the University of Göttingen: For example, a seminar for German Philology

[2] „Auf Wunsch ihres Verlobten Marc hat dessen Freund Percy, Privatdozent für Linguistik am selben Seminar, ihr eine Stelle in der Abteilung Neuere Deutsche Literatur vermittelt.“

[2] "At the request of her fiancee Marc, his friend Percy, private lecturer for linguistics at the same seminar, gave her a job in the department of recent German literature"

[2] „Ich trat Anfang März in das Seminar ein.“

[2] "I entered the seminar in early March"