adjective
einjährig
one-year
Definition & meaning
einjährig is an adjective meaning:
- One year old: having reached the age of one year, as in a one-year-old child.
- Lasting one year: taking place over or extending for one year, as in a one-year course.
- Annual, in botany: completing its life cycle within one year.
Grammar & Word origin
The word combines ein (“one”) with -jährig, a form derived from Jahr (“year”). It is written as one word.
Like other German adjectives, it takes an ending before a noun, as in ein einjähriges Kind (“a one-year-old child”).
Synonyms & antonyms
- ein Jahr alt — “one year old”; a phrase used for age, not duration.
- ein Jahr dauernd — “lasting one year”; applies to duration, not age.
- jährlich — “yearly” or “annual” in the sense of recurring every year, rather than lasting one year.
- mehrjährig — “lasting several years” or, for a plant, “perennial”; an antonym in the duration and botanical senses.
Common phrases & collocations
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Examples
Maria absolvierte ein einjähriges Praktikum in Berlin.adjective
Maria completed a one-year internship in Berlin.
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