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 matriculation exams taken in the final year of German secondary school. [from mid 20th c.]
   • [2008, William Clark, Academic Charisma and the Origins of the Research University, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 124:

     The oral and written exam became called the Abitur, from Latin abitus, that is, departure from school. The Prussian and later German Abitur amounted to a sort of baccalaureate-equivalent exam, administered outside the university.]

Related terms

• Abiturient

Translations

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

• German: Abitur (de) n
• 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 n, itself short for Latin exāmen abiturium—in formal German of the 19th century rather found as Abiturientenexamen—, 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 to attain eligibility for all kinds of universities (allgemeine Hochschulreife).

   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

• Abi
• Abiturzeugnis
• Fachabitur
• Zentralabitur

Related terms

• Abiturient
• Abiturientin
• abiturieren

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.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.biˈtuʁ/ [a.biˈtuh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.biˈtuʁ/ [a.biˈtuh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.biˈtuɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.biˈtuʁ/ [a.biˈtuχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.biˈtuɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.biˈtuɾ/ [ɐ.βiˈtuɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.biˈtuɾ/ [ɐ.βiˈtuɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.biˈtu.ɾi/ [ɐ.βiˈtu.ɾi]

Noun

Abitur m (uncountable)

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