English

Alternative forms

• abiturient

Noun

Abiturient ‎(plural Abiturienten or Abiturients)

1. A pupil in the German education system who is taking, or who has taken and passed, the Abitur. [Mid 19^th century.]^[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" (username), "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.

References

1. 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 5

German

Pronunciation

Noun

Abiturient m ‎(genitive Abiturienten, plural Abiturienten)

1. A pupil who is taking, or who has taken and passed, the Abitur.

Declension

Synonyms

• Abiturientin (female form)

Related terms

• Abitur

English

Noun

abiturient ‎(plural abiturients)

1. Alternative form of Abiturient

Polish

Etymology

Borrowing from German Abiturient.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bʲiˈtu.rʲɛnt/

Noun

abiturient m pers

1. a student that will take, is taking or just passed the matura exam (formally egzamin dojrzałości) at the end of liceum (high school)

Declension

Swedish

Noun

abiturient c

1. a student about to leave secondary school (gymnasium) for college or university, a secondary school graduate

Declension

Related terms

• abiturientbal