Linguistics Olympiad 2023
Bronze medal for German team at the International Linguistics Olympiad!
The German team has again shown great performance at the International Linguistics Olympiad and got a bronze medal and an honorary certificate! Congratulations to Merlin Fischer from Freiburg (bronze), Konrad Jannes Köhler from Leipzig (honorary certificate), Daniel Pahi from Nuremberg and Ruth Plümer from Siegen, who gave their best in the competition with a total of 205 participants from 38 countries. All participants had a wonderful and intensive time in Bulgaria, learned a lot and made many new friends.
Participation in the IOL was supported by the Strategy Funds of the Leibniz Association.
DOL 2023 Final Round
The final round of the DOL took place at ZAS in May. Through the careful work of the jury, with the support of the Linguistics Department at HHU Düsseldorf, the team for the participation in the International Linguistics Olympiad 2023 could be determined: Merlin Fischer, Dániel Páhi, Ruth Plümer and Jannes Köhler will travel for Germany to Bansko in Bulgaria.
The final round was generously sponsored by the German Society for Linguistics. Prizes included book donations from Language Science Press
Results of the 2nd round
The second round ended in April, with a total of 36 students participating. The cut-off was 58 points, which qualified eleven participants for the final round. The final will take place on May 12 in Berlin and hybrid.
Results of the 1st round
The first round is now over and out of 85 students 34 have qualified for the next round. Below is an overview of the points achieved by the participants, with the minimum limit being 40 points.
We hope that even those who did not advance had fun participating and continue to enjoy languages and linguistics. Next year there will be another opportunity to participate in the Linguistics Olympiad!
