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Hausarbeit

academic essay, term paper (university)

noun HOWS-ar-bayt Rare
People & Society Education

Also means

housework

Usage Note

Hausarbeit at university means a written academic paper submitted for a course, equivalent to a term paper. In everyday speech it also means housework; context distinguishes the two. Students eine Hausarbeit schreiben (write a term paper).

Examples

"Für das Seminar musste sie eine zwanzigseitige Hausarbeit abgeben."

Natural Translation

For the seminar she had to submit a twenty-page term paper.

Literal Translation

For the seminar had to she a twenty-page term-paper hand-in.

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