Abitur
See also: abitur
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæbiˈtʊə(ɹ)/, /ˌæbɪˈtʊə(ɹ)/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌæbiˈtʊɹ/, /ˌæbɪˈtʊɹ/
Noun
Abitur (plural Abiturs)
- A group of exams taken in the final year of German secondary school. [found in English since the mid 20th century]
Translations
group of exams taken in the final year of German secondary school
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References
- Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abitur”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.
German
Alternative forms
- Abiturium (archaic)
Etymology
Attested since the 1890s. A shortening of Abiturium – this being why it is neuter –, itself short for Latin exāmen abiturium, from abituriō (“I wish to leave”), desiderative construction of abeō (“I leave, go off”). For more, see also Abiturient. Compare Physikum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˌabiˈtuːɐ̯]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -uːɐ̯
Noun
Abitur n (strong, genitive Abiturs, plural Abiture)
- (Germany) final exams taken by pupils at the end of their secondary education in Germany and Finland
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
- Abiturient
- Abiturientin
- abiturieren
- Abiturzeugnis
- Zentralabitur
Related terms
Descendants
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- → Norwegian Bokmål: abitur
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Further reading
- “Abitur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Abitur” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Abitur” in Duden online
Abitur on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.biˈtuʁ/ [a.biˈtuh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.biˈtuɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.biˈtuʁ/ [a.biˈtuχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.biˈtuɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.biˈtuɾ/ [ɐ.βiˈtuɾ]
Noun
Abitur m (uncountable)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (group of exams taken in the final year of German secondary school)
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