scholarship holder
der Stipendiat, die Stipendiaten
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scholarship holder
A person who receives financial or non-material support, a so-called scholarship or grant, for their education, studies, or a research project.
Als Stipendiat der Studienstiftung konnte er sich voll auf seine Doktorarbeit konzentrieren.
As a scholarship holder of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation, he was able to concentrate fully on his doctoral dissertation.
| gender | masculine der |
|---|---|
| plural | die Stipendiaten |
| genitive | des Stipendiaten |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | der Stipendiat | die Stipendiaten |
| accusative | den Stipendiaten | die Stipendiaten |
| dative | dem Stipendiaten | den Stipendiaten |
| genitive | des Stipendiaten | der Stipendiaten |
The article changes with the case; it is shown in colour.
A 'Stipendiat' (scholarship holder) is a person who receives a 'Stipendium' (scholarship). If you know the word 'Stipendium' (scholarship), you can easily work out the meaning.
Er hat sich erfolgreich um ein Stipendium beworben und ist jetzt Stipendiat.
He successfully applied for a scholarship and is now a scholarship holder.
'Stipendiat' belongs to the N-declension. This means that it takes the ending '-en' in all cases except the nominative singular. A common mistake is to forget this ending.
Ich habe gestern mit dem Stipendiaten gesprochen.
I spoke with the scholarship holder yesterday.
Die Universität unterstützt ihre Stipendiaten.
The university supports its scholarship holders.
Very often, after 'Stipendiat' (scholarship holder), the genitive is used to indicate which organization the support comes from. The pattern is: 'Stipendiat + der/einer + [organization]'.
Sie ist Stipendiatin einer bekannten politischen Stiftung.
She is a scholarship holder of a well-known political foundation.
