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A male person who has successfully completed training, a degree program, or a course at a school, college, or university.
Als Absolvent der Rechtswissenschaften arbeitet er nun in einer großen Kanzlei.
As a law graduate, he now works at a large law firm.
'Der Absolvent' (the graduate) belongs to the word family of the verb 'absolvieren' (to complete). This verb means to successfully complete training or a degree program.
Er hat sein Medizinstudium in nur zehn Semestern absolviert.
He completed his medical degree in just ten semesters.
This noun belongs to the N-declension. This means it takes the ending '-en' in all cases except the nominative singular.
Die Firma hat mehrere Absolventen eingestellt.
The company hired several graduates.
The genitive is often used to indicate where or what the person completed. Typical phrases are 'Absolvent der Universität' (university graduate), 'Absolvent des Gymnasiums' (secondary school graduate), or 'Absolvent des Studiengangs Informatik' (graduate of the computer science degree program).
Als Absolvent der Technischen Universität München hat er gute Jobaussichten.
As a graduate of the Technical University of Munich, he has good job prospects.
student
'der Student' and 'der Absolvent' both have to do with education or university study, but they describe different points in time. A 'Student' is still enrolled at a university or college and is studying. An 'Absolvent' has already successfully completed a degree program, training program, or course. Learners may confuse the words because both people can be connected to a university or school. As a practical rule: during a degree program, you say 'Student'; after graduation, you say 'Absolvent'.
Bei der Bewerbung erwähnt der Absolvent sein abgeschlossenes Ingenieurstudium.
In his application, the graduate mentions his completed engineering degree.
Omar ist Student und schreibt gerade seine Hausarbeit.
Omar is a student and is currently writing his term paper.