Session
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See also: session
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Variant of Sessions.
Proper noun
[edit]Session (plural Sessions)
- A surname.
Usage notes
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Session is the 10607th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3019 individuals. Session is most common among Black/African American (84.83%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- “Session” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Session (Periode, Abschnitt, Tagung)” in Duden online
- “Session (Zusammenspiel)” in Duden online
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Session”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Etymology 2
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Session (uncountable)
- (Philippines, chiefly Baguio) Ellipsis of Session Road.
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Latin sessiō or French session.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Session f (genitive Session, plural Sessionen)
- (dated) session, term
- p. 1796, August Wilhelm Schlegel, transl., Wie es euch gefällt[1], translation of As You Like It by William Shakespeare, [Act III, scene ii]:
- Mit Advokaten in den Gerichtsferien; denn sie schlafen von Session zu Session und werden also nicht gewahr, wie die Zeit fortgeht.
- With lawyers in the vacation: for they sleep between term and term, and then they perceive not how Time moves.
- (Switzerland, politics) parliamentary session
- Herbstsession ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 2024 June 6, Alice Galizia, “Bundesplatz: Viel zu laut, der Pöbel da draussen!”, in WOZ[2]:
- Heute ist die Stadt Bern für die Nutzung des Bundesplatzes verantwortlich, auch während der Sessionen. […] Lange waren Demonstrationen während der Session grundsätzlich verboten; seit 2021 erlaubt die Stadt Kundgebungen mit bis zu fünfzig Personen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Session [feminine]
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from English session.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Session f (genitive Session, plural Sessions)
- (chiefly music) session
- 2025 November 28, Stephanie Grimm, “Konzertempfehlungen für Berlin: Musik für die Polykrisen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[3], →ISSN:
- Der [Release] basiert auf improvisierten Sessions und wird sicher die Synapsen des Publikums flirren lassen.
- The release is based on improvised sessions and will surely make the synapses of the audience whirr.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Session [feminine]
Further reading
[edit]- “Session” in Duden online
- “Session” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Session” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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- German terms borrowed from French
- German terms derived from French
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
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