summer semester
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summer semester
The period of study at a college or university that extends over the spring and summer months, typically from April to September.
Im Sommersemester belege ich einen Kurs in Statistik.
In the summer semester, I'm taking a course in statistics.
The word is a simple compound made up of 'Sommer' (summer) and 'Semester' (semester). So it refers to the semester that takes place in the summer.
Das Sommersemester ist oft kürzer als das Wintersemester.
The summer semester is often shorter than the winter semester.
The academic year in Germany is usually divided into two parts: the summer semester (approximately April to September) and the winter semester (approximately October to March).
Nach dem Wintersemester mache ich ein Praktikum.
After the winter semester, I'm doing an internship.
To express that something happens during this period, you use the preposition 'in' with the dative: 'im Sommersemester' (in the summer semester).
Ich habe im Sommersemester einen interessanten Sprachkurs besucht.
I took an interesting language course in the summer semester.
