Studierender

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German

Etymology

From studierend, present participle of studieren.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Studierender m (adjectival, definite nominative der Studierende, genitive (des) Studierenden, plural Studierende, definite plural die Studierenden, feminine Studierende)

  1. (see usage notes) student, scholar
    Synonym: Student
  2. (dated) student at a Ingenieurschule / Fachhochschule
    • 1963 May 17, Elmar Lang, “Studenten oder Studierende”, in Die Zeit:
      Der feine Unterschied zwischen "Student" und "Studierender" besteht trotz aller ministeriellen Verlautbarungen weiter: Ein Student studiert an einer Universität oder Technischen Hochschule, ein Studierender hingegen studiert an einer jener Anstalten, die früher einmal "Höhere Technische Lehranstalt" oder auch "Maschinenbauschule" hießen, die dann in "Staatliche Ingenieurschulen" umbenannt wurden und heute noch so heißen.
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Usage notes

  • In official parlance, the plural Studierende is increasingly used instead of Studenten for gender-neutrality. In the singular this is less relevant, though the word Student might also be replaced with Studierender altogether. The practice has been criticised.[1] As yet, it has only very limited influence on common speech, however.

Declension

References

  1. ^ Johann Osel (2015 February 18) “Studenten, äh, Studierende”, in Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German)

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