abitur
English edit
Noun edit
abitur (plural abiturs)
- Alternative letter-case form of Abitur
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Verb edit
abītur
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
abitur m (definite singular abituren, indefinite plural abiturer, definite plural abiturene)
- (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
- Abitur er Tysklands avsluttende eksamen
Usage notes edit
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 edit
- abiturient (“Abiturient”)
References edit
- “abitur” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).