Abitur

See also: abitur

English

Alternative forms

• abitur

Etymology

Borrowed from German Abitur.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæbiˈtʊə(ɹ)/, /ˌæbɪˈtʊə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæbiˈtʊɹ/, /ˌæbɪˈtʊɹ/

Noun

Abitur (plural Abiturs)

1. A group of exams taken in the final year of German secondary school. [found in English since the mid 20th century]

Translations

group of exams taken in the final year of German secondary school

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: abitur m

• Portuguese: Abitur m

References

• Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abitur”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.

Anagrams

• Buriat, rubati

German

Alternative forms

• Abiturium (archaic)

Etymology

Attested since the 1890s. A shortening of Abiturium – this being why it is neuter –, itself short for Latin exāmen abiturium, from abituriō (“I wish to leave”), desiderative construction of abeō (“I leave, go off”). For more, see also Abiturient. Compare Physikum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌabiˈtuːɐ̯]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -uːɐ̯

Noun

Abitur n (strong, genitive Abiturs, plural Abiture)

1. (Germany) final exams taken by pupils at the end of their secondary education in Germany and Finland

   Synonyms: (used in Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein) Matura; (used in Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein) Maturität

Declension

Declension of Abitur [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Abitur	die	Abiture
genitive	eines	des	Abiturs	der	Abiture
dative	einem	dem	Abitur	den	Abituren
accusative	ein	das	Abitur	die	Abiture

Derived terms

• Abiturient
• Abiturientin
• abiturieren
• Abiturzeugnis
• Zentralabitur

Related terms

• Abi
• Abiturient
• Abiturientin

Descendants

• → English: Abitur
• → Norwegian Bokmål: abitur
• → Portuguese: Abitur

See also

• Gymnasium
• finals

Further reading

• “Abitur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Abitur” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Abitur” in Duden online
• Abitur on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Abitur.

Noun

Abitur m (uncountable)

1. Abitur (group of exams taken in the final year of German secondary school)