English-Dutch translations for year

• jaar
  Eén jaar, twee jaar of misschien nog langer. One year, two years or maybe more.
  Het jaar 2020 is maar tien jaar van ons verwijderd. The year 2020 is only 10 years away.
  Volgend jaar is het jaar van het nieuwe Verdrag. Next year is the year of the new Treaty.

Definition of year

• A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference
• The time it takes for any astronomical object in direct orbit around a star to make one revolution around the star
• A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the Islamic calendar
• A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity
• A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a
• The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year

Examples

• we moved to this town a year ago;  I quit smoking exactly one year ago
• Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year, or 1.88 Earth years
• A normal year has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap year
• I was born in the year 1950
• This Chinese year is the year of the Rooster
• During this school year I have to get up at 6:30 to catch the bus
• Every second-year student must select an area of specialization
• The exams in year 12 at high school are the most difficult
• Geneticists have created bakers yeast that can live to 800 in yeast years

Related words

• month#Related terms|month
• week#Related terms|week
• day#Related terms|day
• tercentennial
• tercentenary
• kyr
• yearthousand
• millennial