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Gymnasium
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gymnasium
German
Etymology
de :bor la:gymnasium
de la gymnasium, from de grc γυμνάσιον exercise, school, from grc γυμνός naked.
Pronunciation
de /ɡʏmˈnaːziʊm/
de De-at-Gymnasium.ogg Austria
de De-Gymnasium.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
n,s:-,Gymnasien
grammar school (UK), prep school (US) school used to prepare students for university
de Gymi<q:colloquial>
de Grundschule Hauptschule Realschule
de das Gymnasium absolvieren to complete a grammar school education
de 1725 Gottfried Polycarpus Müller Abriß Der Schul-Studien, und desjenigen, so bishero Auf dem Zittauischen Gymnasio præstiret worden Zittau 32 3 https://books.google.com/books?id=UIk-zG6BDE8C&pg=PA32 So weit gehet das jetzige Vorhaben, welches auf keine ander Ursachen gegründet ist, als auf die Erbauung der in unserm Gymnasio studirenden Jugend. Thus far goes the current undertaking, founded on no cause but the uplifting of the youth studying in our grammar school.
Declension
n,s:-,Gymnasien
Historically, alternatively declined like la gymnasium (with vocative and ablative).
Hypernyms
de weiterführende Schule
Related terms
de Gymnasiast
de gymnasial
Descendants
cs gymnázium 1
hu gimnázium 1
dsb gymnazium 1
pl gimnazjum 1
sk gymnázium 1
Further reading
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de Schools
Latin
Etymology
la grc Γυμνάσιον diminutive of grc Γυμνάς.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gymnasium<2.-ium> f
la female Ancient Greek, character in the play Cistellaria of Plautus
la Pl. Cist. 1 1 105 Sed tu, Gymnasium mea But you, my Gymnasium
Declension
Gymnasium<2.-ium> Gymnasium
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