Seminggu

Seminggu is a term in Indonesian that denotes a period of seven days, essentially meaning one week. It is used to express duration, as in staying or doing something for that length of time, or to indicate an interval starting from the present.

Etymology and usage notes: the word is formed with the Indonesian prefix se-, meaning “one” or “a whole,” combined with minggu, which means week. Unlike some words that reference specific days, seminggu refers to a span of seven days rather than to a particular day such as Sunday. In Indonesian, seminggu can be used with time markers to convey immediacy or future planning, for example seminggu dari sekarang (a week from now) or seminggu ke depan (for the next week). The phrase dalam seminggu means within a week. Seminggu penuh emphasizes the entire seven-day period.

Common phrases and variations: seminggu lagi (in a week), seminggu kemudian (one week later), dalam seminggu (within a week), and seminggu penuh (the full week). Indonesian also forms related duration terms with se-, such as setahun (one year) and sebulan (one month, or for a month’s duration), highlighting a parallel pattern in expressing time spans.

Notes on meaning: in Indonesian, Minggu can also refer to Sunday when used as a day name, but seminggu as a standalone duration does not mean Sunday. In Malay, seminggu can also mean “a week,” with Ahad commonly used for Sunday in everyday speech.

See also: Minggu (week and day name), se- prefix in time expressions, durations in Indonesian.