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English
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Etymology
Borrowed from German Abiturient, from Latin abituriō (“I wish to leave”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Abiturient (plural Abiturienten or Abiturients)
- A pupil / student in the German education system who is taking, or who has taken and passed, the Abitur.
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.
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Translations
students who are taking or have taken the Abitur in the final year of German secondary school
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
Noun
Abiturient m (weak, genitive Abiturienten, plural Abiturienten, feminine Abiturientin)
- Abiturient; a pupil / student who is taking, or who has taken and passed, the Abitur (roughly, high-school graduate)
- Synonyms: (Swiss) Maturand; (Austrian) Maturant
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