Abitur

• abitur

Borrowed from German Abitur.

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

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]

• 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.

• Buriat, rubati

• Abiturium (archaic)

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.

• IPA^(key): [ˌabiˈtuːɐ̯]

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• Rhymes: -uːɐ̯

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

• Abiturient
• Abiturientin
• abiturieren
• Abiturzeugnis
• Zentralabitur

• Abi
• Abiturient
• Abiturientin

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

• Gymnasium
• finals

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

Borrowed from German Abitur.

Abitur m (uncountable)

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