Tertia

See also: tertia

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tertia (classis) (“third (class)”).

Noun

Tertia f (genitive Tertia, plural Tertien)

1. (obsolete) the fourth and fifth class of Gymnasium

   Hyponyms: Untertertia, Obertertia

   Coordinate terms: Sexta, Quinta, Quarta, Sekunda, Prima

2. (Austria, dated) the third class of Gymnasium

Declension

Declension of Tertia [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Tertia	die	Tertien
genitive	einer	der	Tertia	der	Tertien
dative	einer	der	Tertia	den	Tertien
accusative	eine	die	Tertia	die	Tertien

Further reading

• “Tertia” in Duden online

Etymology 2

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Noun

Tertia f (genitive Tertia, no plural)

1. (printing) 16-point font size

Declension

Declension of Tertia [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Tertia
genitive	einer	der	Tertia
dative	einer	der	Tertia
accusative	eine	die	Tertia

Further reading

• “Tertia” in Duden online