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Abitur
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abitur
English
Alternative forms
en abitur
Etymology
Borrowed from en de Abitur.
Pronunciation
en /ˌæbiˈtʊə(ɹ)/ /ˌæbɪˈtʊə(ɹ)/ RP
en /ˌæbiˈtʊɹ/ /ˌæbɪˈtʊɹ/ US
Noun
A group of matriculation exams taken in the final year of German secondary school. from mid 20th c.
en 2008 William Clark Academic Charisma and the Origins of the Research University on University of Chicago Press 9780226109237 124 https://books.google.com/books?id=sIKVElf-txYC&pg=PA124&dq=%22the+Abitur%22&hl=&cd=3&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22the%20Abitur%22&f=false The oral and written exam became called the Abitur, from Latin abitus, that is, departure from school. The Prussian and later German Abitur amounted to a sort of baccalaureate-equivalent exam, administered outside the university.
Related terms
en Abiturient
Translations
group of exams taken in the final year of German secondary school
German: de Abitur n
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb abitur m
Portuguese: pt Abitur m
References
5
Anagrams
en abirtu Buriat rubati
German
Alternative forms
de Abiturium archaic
Etymology
Attested since the 1890s. A shortening of de Abiturium n, itself short for de la exāmen abiturium—in formal German of the 19th century rather found as de Abiturientenexamen—, from la abituriō to wish to leave, desiderative construction of la abeō to leave, go off. For more, see also de Abiturient. Compare de Physikum.
Pronunciation
de [ˌabiˈtuːɐ̯]
de De-Abitur.ogg
de De-Abitur2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de uːɐ̯ 3
de Abi tur
Noun
n
de Germany final exams taken by pupils at the end of their secondary education in Germany and Finland to attain eligibility for all kinds of universities (de allgemeine Hochschulreife).
de Matura<q:used in Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein> ; Maturität<q:used in Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein>
Declension
n
Derived terms
de Abi
de Abiturzeugnis
de Fachabitur
de Zentralabitur
Related terms
de Abiturient
de Abiturientin
de abiturieren
Descendants
en Abitur 1
nb abitur 1
pt Abitur 1
See also
de Gymnasium
en finals
Further reading
de
de Education
Portuguese
pt
Etymology
pt :bor de:Abitur + 1
Pronunciation
Noun
m -
en Abitur group of exams taken in the final year of German secondary school
pt Education Germany