Abitur
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English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
Abbreviation of German Abiturientenexamen (“leavers' examination”).
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Noun [edit]
Abitur (plural Abiturs)
- A group of exams taken in the final year of German secondary school. [Mid 20th century.][1]
References [edit]
- ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 5:
German [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin abiturium, from abiturire (“wish to leave”), desiderative construction of abīre (“leave, go off”).
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Noun [edit]
Abitur n (genitive Abiturs, plural Abiture)
- Final exams that pupils take at the end of their secondary education in Germany and Finland.
