gümnaasium
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Estonian
Etymology
From German Gymnasium, from Latin gymnasium, ultimately from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gümnaasium (genitive gümnaasiumi, partitive gümnaasiumi or gümnaasiumit)
- gymnasium, secondary school, high school (general education high school or its superiors in various school systems)
- Synonym: gümna
- Kas minna pärast põhikooli lõpetamist gümnaasiumisse või kutsekooli?
- Should you go to gymnasium or vocational school after finishing primary school?
Declension
| Declension of gümnaasium (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | gümnaasium | gümnaasiumid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | gümnaasiumi | ||
| genitive | gümnaasiumite | ||
| partitive | gümnaasiumit | gümnaasiumeid | |
| illative | gümnaasiumisse | gümnaasiumitesse gümnaasiumeisse | |
| inessive | gümnaasiumis | gümnaasiumites gümnaasiumeis | |
| elative | gümnaasiumist | gümnaasiumitest gümnaasiumeist | |
| allative | gümnaasiumile | gümnaasiumitele gümnaasiumeile | |
| adessive | gümnaasiumil | gümnaasiumitel gümnaasiumeil | |
| ablative | gümnaasiumilt | gümnaasiumitelt gümnaasiumeilt | |
| translative | gümnaasiumiks | gümnaasiumiteks gümnaasiumeiks | |
| terminative | gümnaasiumini | gümnaasiumiteni | |
| essive | gümnaasiumina | gümnaasiumitena | |
| abessive | gümnaasiumita | gümnaasiumiteta | |
| comitative | gümnaasiumiga | gümnaasiumitega | |
| Declension of gümnaasium (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | gümnaasium | gümnaasiumid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | gümnaasiumi | ||
| genitive | gümnaasiumide | ||
| partitive | gümnaasiumi | gümnaasiume gümnaasiumisid | |
| illative | gümnaasiumi gümnaasiumisse |
gümnaasiumidesse gümnaasiumesse | |
| inessive | gümnaasiumis | gümnaasiumides gümnaasiumes | |
| elative | gümnaasiumist | gümnaasiumidest gümnaasiumest | |
| allative | gümnaasiumile | gümnaasiumidele gümnaasiumele | |
| adessive | gümnaasiumil | gümnaasiumidel gümnaasiumel | |
| ablative | gümnaasiumilt | gümnaasiumidelt gümnaasiumelt | |
| translative | gümnaasiumiks | gümnaasiumideks gümnaasiumeks | |
| terminative | gümnaasiumini | gümnaasiumideni | |
| essive | gümnaasiumina | gümnaasiumidena | |
| abessive | gümnaasiumita | gümnaasiumideta | |
| comitative | gümnaasiumiga | gümnaasiumidega | |
References
- gümnaasium in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “gümnaasium”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009