new yearTranslate new year | into German Definition of new year noun the calendar year just begun or about to begin:Happy New Year! the first few days or weeks of a year:the band is playing at Wembley in the new year the period immediately before and after 31 December: the facilities are closed over Christmas and New YearPhrases New Year's North American informal New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day: I spent New Year’s alone see the new year in stay up until after midnight on 31 December to celebrate the start of a new year. new year in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of new year in the US English dictionary
