Abiturient

See also: abiturient

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Abiturient, from Latin abituriō (“I wish to leave”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɑbɪˌtuɹiˈɛnt/

Noun

Abiturient (plural Abiturienten or Abiturients)

  1. A pupil / student in the German education system who is taking, or who has taken and passed, the Abitur. [from mid 19th c.][1]
    • 1875, The Southern Review, volume 16, number 33, page 195:
      If we examine the statistics of the German Gymnasia, we shall find that an Abiturient very rarely leaves a Gymnasium so young as eighteen, [...]
    • 1900, Elbert Francis Baldwin, The Educational Value of the Social Side of Student Life, III, In Germany, in The Outlook, page 804:
      He is already an Abiturient, a graduate of a gymnasium, one who has completed enough preparatory studies to turn directly, if need be, to professional work, [...]
    • 1958, Journal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry, volume 82, page 528:
      (3) an Abiturient, minimum age 19, needs a practical course of ½ year and 2-2½ years at Chemieschule (day classes). An Abiturient is a student who has passed the matriculation examination after 9 years (8 in Austria) at secondary school.
    • 2000 February 22, Peter Alfke, “German Education”, in soc.culture.german (Usenet):
      Well, obviously a bright kid, but: When he got his Abitur (final exam at the Gymnasium), he had already the German equivalent of a 2-year US college education behind him. Nobody in his/her right mind would compare a US high-school graduate with an Abiturient. There is a two-year difference. The US public school system goes for only 12 years, and starts one year earlier than the German one.

Usage notes
  • (German pupil): This noun is often used attributively, as in Abiturient examination.

Translations

References
  1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abiturient”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abituriēns, present participle of abituriō (“I want to leave”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /abituˈʁi̯ɛnt/
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Noun

Abiturient m (weak, genitive Abiturienten, plural Abiturienten, feminine Abiturientin)

  1. Abiturient; a pupil / student who is taking, or who has taken and passed, the Abitur (roughly, high-school graduate)
    Synonyms: (Swiss) Maturand; (Austrian) Maturant

Declension
Declension of Abiturient [masculine, weak]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Abiturient die Abiturienten
genitive eines des Abiturienten der Abiturienten
dative einem dem Abiturienten den Abiturienten
accusative einen den Abiturienten die Abiturienten

Derived terms
  • Einser-Abiturient, Einserabiturient (“person who has passed the Abitur with an A grade”)

Descendants
  • → English: Abiturient
  • → Finnish: abiturientti
    ⇒ Finnish: abi
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: abiturient
  • → Russian: абитурие́нт (abiturijént, abituriént)
    • → Azerbaijani: abituriyent

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