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Wochenstunde

weekly lesson period

noun VOH-khen-shtun-deh Rare
People & Society Education

Usage Note

Wochenstunde is the unit used to express how many lesson periods per week a subject has. German school timetables and university curricula state the number of Wochenstunden; mathematics might have four Wochenstunden at Gymnasium level.

Examples

"Englisch hat in der siebten Klasse vier Wochenstunden."

Natural Translation

English has four lessons per week in year seven.

Literal Translation

English has in the seventh class four weekly-hours.

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