Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Kohorte

English translation:

cohort

Added to glossary by Yasutomo Kanazawa
Dec 5, 2009 08:24
14 yrs ago
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German term

Kohorte

German to English Other Education / Pedagogy
It's talking about a model representing preparation time etc of professors. I think Kohorte may be Swiss German.

Die Problematik die sich bei der Erhebung gezeigt hat, ist in erster Linie auf die Uneinigkeit der Dozierenden zurückzuführen, wie eine optimale Kohorte für die verschiedenen Veranstaltungsformen auszusehen habe und in zweiter Linie auf die grosse Individualität der Dozierenden, welche sehr unterschiedliche Vorbereitungs-, Betreuungs- und Korrekturzeiten angeben. Diese Phänomene äussern sich in einer sehr hohen Standardabweichung.
Change log

Dec 7, 2009 08:35: Yasutomo Kanazawa Created KOG entry

Discussion

franglish Dec 5, 2009:
here in a sociological sense it means group, population

Proposed translations

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cohort

or group of people
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cohort

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Note added at 27 mins (2009-12-05 08:51:29 GMT)
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And it's not only Swiss German.
Peer comment(s):

agree A Word For I (X) : Also in Oxford-Duden D<>E dict. : - Kohorte, die; ~, ~n, (hist., Soziol.) cohort. See: http://www.yourdictionary.com/cohort. The actual physical dictionary entry is a bit more detailed but essentially it is this.
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Thank you Edward, for the link.
agree Rolf Keiser
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Thank you Goldcoaster
agree zwetschge
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Danke zwetschge, und ein schones Wochenende!
agree babli : agree
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Thank you babli
agree Thayenga : That was my first thought as well. :)
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Thank you Thayenga
agree Nicole Backhaus
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Thank you Nicole
agree SusanneM : It's not Swiss German. "Kohorte / cohort" is used in sociology and in statistics.
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Thank you Susanne
agree DFTS (X)
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Thank you Dave
agree Slindon : 'Kohorte' is very common in German sociology texts and is usually tranlated by 'cohort', which in English sociology texts is roughly defined as" any group of people with a time-specifric common experience". It may well fit in your case.
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Thank you Slindon
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(here) how the staff should best be put together

I am sticking my neck out here, hence the low CL, however this is my interpretation of how the term in used in this context (=Zusammensetzung der Gruppe)
Peer comment(s):

agree Michele Johnson : Definitely. I don't think cohorts works well in English here. Possibly something like "how best to assign courses" or "ideal course assignments", i.e. who gets stuck teaching what.
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Thanks, Michele! Glad you agree with me.
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