The Vocabulary of the Calendar

der Termin — an appointment, or a fixed date. Duden traces the word to Latin terminus, a boundary mark.

einen Termin vereinbaren or ausmachen — to agree on a date.

der Terminkalender — the appointment diary.

Ich muss mal in meinen Kalender schauen. — I have to look in my calendar.

sich etwas vormerken — to note something down for later.

Der Termin steht. — The date is fixed.

einen Termin verschieben — to move a date.

jemanden vertrösten — to give someone hope of a later time instead of what they asked for.

der Termindruck — the pressure of dates and deadlines.

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