Afgangs

Afgangs is a Danish bound morpheme formed from afgang, meaning departure or graduation. It is not a standalone noun; instead, afgangs is used as a prefix in compounds to indicate that something relates to a graduation event or to a graduating class. In education, the prefix appears in terms that name events, objects, or people connected to completing a program.

Common examples include afgangsfest (graduation party), afgangsopgave (final year project), afgangsfilm (graduation film), and afgangsårgang (the graduating class or year cohort). The sense is analogous to other Danish compound formations where a following noun determines the concrete meaning.

Afgangs constructions are typical in Danish schools and universities and are less common in general language outside educational contexts. The form is usually a closed compound written as one word; the meaning shifts with the following noun. Grammatically it behaves like a regular noun phrase modifier, with the entire compound taking inflection in accordance with Danish grammar (for example, afgangsfesten in definite form).

Related terms include afgang (departure or graduation in a broader sense) and årgang (year group), which help differentiate the idea of a single event from the cohort concept.