Lyzeum

German Alternative forms de Lyceum obsolete Etymology From de la Lycēum, from de grc Λύκειον. The use for a girls’ school may have been partly due to an inhibition to using the word de Gymnasium with girls because of the underlying grc γυμνός naked. Pronunciation de /lyˈtseː.ʊm/ /li-/ de De-Lyzeum.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de De-at-Lyzeum.ogg Austria Noun n,,Lyzeen de archaic grammar school for girls de Töchterschule de obsolete grammar school (for boys or in general) de Gymnasium de obsolete an honorific byname for a university de archaic Bavaria Roman Catholicism a type of theological and philosophical institutes (existing under this name until 1923) Usage notes grammar school The distinction between de Gymnasium (for boys) and de Lyzeum (for girls) existed from the 19th century until circa 1950. The terms were equivalents of each other, though the educations were somewhat different as de Lyzeen did not prepare for university. Today, therefore, de Gymnasium is the general word and girls-only ones are called de Mädchengymnasium. Declension n,,Lyzeen Derived terms de von hinten Lyzeum, von vorne Museum Further reading de Schools