Termin

See also: termin and termín

German

Etymology

From Latin terminus (“boundary, limit, end”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛʁˈmiːn/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Austria):

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Noun

Termin m (strong, genitive Termines or Termins, plural Termine)

1. date
2. deadline (date on or before which something must be completed)
3. delivery date (day on which something is scheduled to arrive at the delivery address)
4. appointment, engagement (pre-arranged meeting between people)
5. (sports) fixture (scheduled match)
6. (law) hearing (legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury)

Declension

Declension of Termin [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Termin	die	Termine
genitive	eines	des	Termines, Termins	der	Termine
dative	einem	dem	Termin, Termine1	den	Terminen
accusative	einen	den	Termin	die	Termine

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Arzttermin
• Prüfungstermin

Derived terms

• Arzttermin
• Prüfungstermin
• Termineinlage
• Termingeld

Further reading

• “Termin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Termin” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Termin” in Duden online
• Termin on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de