Dictionary
From FachschaftSprachwissenschaft
This is a German-English dictionary of terminology relating to our Fachschaft, university politics, and the University of Tübingen in general. Feel free to add anything that people wouldn't find in normal online dictionaries or that is specific to our university!
The University now has an official German-English glossary, and a bilingual list of all majors.
| German | English |
|---|---|
| Arbeitsgruppe/ Projektgruppe | task group (temporary) |
| Arbeitskreis | work group (permanent) |
| AStA (Allgemeiner Studierendenausschuss) | AStA (student representation that can only decide on cultural, social, and sports-related issues) |
| Fachschaft | Fachschaft (either an organization of students of one or several related subjects, in our case of General and Computational Linguistics (informal use), or all students of a faculty (official definition)) |
| Fachschaftsbezirk | Fachschaft district (all students of one or several related subjects, in our case of General and Computational Linguistics) |
| Fachschaftsbezirksvollversammlung | general assembly of the Fachschaft districts |
| Fachschaftsrat | council of all Fachschafts |
| FSVV (Fachschaftenvollversammlung) | FSVV (General Assembly of the Fachschafts; this council also acts as a political party) |
| GHG (Grüne Hochschulgruppe) | GHG (youth organization of the Green Party (GRÜNE)) |
| Hochschulgruppe | university group, (division of a) political party at at university |
| Jusos (Jugendorganisation der Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands (SPD)) | Jusos (youth organization of the Social Democratic Party (SPD)) |
| Landeshochschulgesetz | State University Law (of Baden-Württemberg) |
| LHG (Liberale Hochschulgruppe) | LHG (youth organization of the Free Democratic Pary (FDP)) |
| Piraten HSG | Piraten HSG (youth organization of the Pirate Party (PIRATEN)) |
| RCDS (Ring Christlich-Demokratischer Studenten) | RCDS (youth organization of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)) |
| Referent | secretary, member of the executive branch who is concerned with a specific subject matter |
| Satzung | consitution |
| Satzungsentwurf | proposal for the constitution (of the VS) |
| Studierendenparlament (StuPa) | students' parliament |
| Studierendenrat (StuRa) | students' council |
| Urabstimmung | constitutional vote |
| Unabhängige Studierendenvertretung | independent student representation |
| Verfasste Studierendenschaft (VS) | student representation (the new one with actual political power) |
