Abiturient

abiturient English Alternative forms en abiturient Etymology Borrowed from en de Abiturient, from en la abituriō to wish to leave.5 Pronunciation en /ɑbɪˌtuɹiˈɛnt/ US Noun Abiturienten s A pupil / student in the German education system who is taking, or who has taken and passed, the Abitur. from mid 19th c. en 1875 The Southern Review 16 33 195 If we examine the statistics of the German Gymnasia, we shall find that an Abiturient very rarely leaves a Gymnasium so young as eighteen, [...] en 1900 Elbert Francis Baldwin The Educational Value of the Social Side of Student Life, III, In Germany, in The Outlook 804 He is already an Abiturient, a graduate of a gymnasium, one who has completed enough preparatory studies to turn directly, if need be, to professional work, [...] en 1958 Journal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry 82 528 (3) an Abiturient, minimum age 19, needs a practical course of ½ year and 2-2½ years at Chemieschule (day classes). An Abiturient is a student who has passed the matriculation examination after 9 years (8 in Austria) at secondary school. en February 22 2000 Peter Alfke German Education soc.culture.german Well, obviously a bright kid, but: When he got his Abitur (final exam at the Gymnasium), he had already the German equivalent of a 2-year US college education behind him. Nobody in his/her right mind would compare a US high-school graduate with an Abiturient. There is a two-year difference. The US public school system goes for only 12 years, and starts one year earlier than the German one. Usage notes German pupil This noun is often used attributively, as in en Abiturient examination. Related terms en Abitur Translations students who are taking or have taken the Abitur in the final year of German secondary school Esperanto: eo abituriento German: de Abiturient m, de Abiturientin f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb abiturient m Yiddish: yi אַביטוריענט m References German Etymology de :bor la:abituriēns<ety:from<la:abituriō>> de la abituriēns, present participle of la abituriō to want to leave. Pronunciation de /abituˈʁi̯ɛnt/ de De-Abiturient.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m.weak in Abiturient; a pupil / student who is taking, or who has taken and passed, the Abitur (roughly, high-school graduate) de Maturand<q:Swiss> ; Maturant<q:Austrian> Declension m.weak Derived terms de Einser-Abiturient, de Einserabiturient person who has passed the Abitur with an A grade de Abiturientenexamen de Abiturium, de Abitur de Abiturientenjahrgang de Abiturientenklasse de Abiturientenlehrgang de Abiturientenprüfung de Abiturientenball de Abiturientenfeier de Abituriententag Descendants en Abiturient 1 fi abiturientti 1 fi abi 1 nb abiturient 1 ru абитурие́нт 1 abiturijént, abituriént az abituriyent 1 Further reading