Gymnasium
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See also: gymnasium
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Gymnasium n (strong, genitive Gymnasiums, plural Gymnasien)
- grammar school (UK), prep school (US) (school used to prepare students for university)
- Synonym: (colloquial) Gymi
- Coordinate terms: Grundschule, Hauptschule, Realschule, Internat
- das Gymnasium absolvieren ― to complete a grammar school education
Declension
[edit]Declension of Gymnasium [neuter, strong]
Declension of Gymnasium [neuter (uncommon), strong]
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Gymnasium” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Gymnasium” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Gymnasium” in Duden online
Gymnasium on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γυμνάσιον (Gumnásion, diminutive of Γυμνάς (Gumnás)).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡymˈna.si.um/, [ɡʏmˈnäs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒimˈna.si.um/, [d͡ʒimˈnäːs̬ium]
Proper noun
[edit]Gymnasium f sg (genitive Gymnasiī); second declension
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, character in the play Cistellaria of Plautus
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Gymnasium |
Genitive | Gymnasiī |
Dative | Gymnasiō |
Accusative | Gymnasium |
Ablative | Gymnasiō |
Vocative | Gymnasium |
References
[edit]- “Gymnasium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Gymnasium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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