abitur

See also: Abitur

English

Noun

abitur (plural abiturs)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Abitur

Anagrams

• Buriat, rubati

Latin

Verb

abītur

1. third-person singular present passive indicative of abeō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Abitur, a shortening of Abiturium, itself short for Latin examen abiturium, from abitureō (“I wish to leave”), desiderative construction of abeō (“I leave, go off”), from both ab- (“from, away from”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”), and from eō (“I go, move”), from Proto-Italic *eō (“I go”), from earlier *ejō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti (“to go, be going”), from *h₁ey- (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abɪˈtʉːr/

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• Rhymes: -ʉːr
• Hyphenation: a‧bi‧tur

Noun

abitur m (definite singular abituren, indefinite plural abiturer, definite plural abiturene)

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

   Abitur er Tysklands avsluttende eksamen

   Abitur is Germany's final exam

Usage notes

The term abitur is used specifically in the context of German secondary school education, the related term matura is used in Austria, Czechia and other central European countries. In Norway, the term examen artium was used prior to 1982.

Derived terms

• abiturient (“Abiturient”)

References

• “abitur” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).