forschungsstipendium
/ˈfɔɹʃʊŋz.ʃtɪˌpɛndɪʊm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
34
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
15
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of a certain kind of scholarship or fellowship granted by some German academic Stiftungen to fund or subsidize a specified project of academic research; a research scholarship.
Example Sentences
- "Applicants should furnish proof of independent teaching experience at university level or research work (of at least two years if interested in a ‘Forschungsstipendium’ and at least five years if interested in a ‘Dozentenstipendium’)."
- "Only in recent times, due to the enlightened attitude of Dr. Paul Raabe, Director of the Herzog August Bibliothek, and the generosity of the Forschungsstipendia have foreign scholars been able to investigate the treasures of that library in a measure commensurate with the complications of the materials."
- "My reflections on intentionality were nurtured during research visits to Germany in 1989–1990 and 2000–2001, supported by generous Forschungsstipendien from the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung."
- "At the November, 2004 SBL Meeting, Prof. Dr. Jörg Frey encouraged me to pursue this line of research and to apply to the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung for a Forschungsstipendium."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *forskungu Old High German forskunga Middle High German vorschunge German Forschung German -s- Proto-Indo-European *steyp-der. Proto-Italic *stips Latin stips Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin *stipipendium Latin stīpendiumbor. German Stipendium German Forschungsstipendiumbor. English Forschungsstipendium Borrowed from German Forschungsstipendium.
Inflected Forms
Frequently Paired Words
Dozentenstipendium