Gymnasium
See also: gymnasium
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʏmˈnaːziʊm/
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Noun
Gymnasium n (strong, genitive Gymnasiums, plural Gymnasien)
- grammar school (UK), prep school (US) (school used to prepare students for university)
- Coordinate terms: Grundschule, Hauptschule, Realschule, Internat
- das Gymnasium absolvieren ― to complete a grammar school education
Declension
Declension of Gymnasium [neuter, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Gymnasium | die | Gymnasien |
| genitive | eines | des | Gymnasiums | der | Gymnasien |
| dative | einem | dem | Gymnasium | den | Gymnasien |
| accusative | ein | das | Gymnasium | die | Gymnasien |
Declension of Gymnasium [neuter (uncommon), strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Gymnasium | die | Gymnasia1 |
| genitive | eines | des | Gymnasii1 | der | Gymnasiorum1 |
| dative | einem | dem | Gymnasio1 | den | Gymnasiis1 |
| accusative | ein | das | Gymnasium | die | Gymnasia1 |
1Uncommon.
Descendants
- → Hungarian: gimnázium
- → Lower Sorbian: gymnazium
- → Polish: gimnazjum
Further reading
- “Gymnasium” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Gymnasium” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Gymnasium” in Duden online
Gymnasium on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γυμνάσιον (Gumnásion), diminutive of Γυμνάς (Gumnás).
Proper noun
Gymnasium f sg (genitive Gymnasiī); second declension
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, character in the play Cistellaria of Plautus
- c. 203 BCE, Plautus, Cistellaria 1.1.109:
- sed tu, Gymnasium mea
- but you, my Gymnasium
- sed tu, Gymnasium mea
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Gymnasium |
| Genitive | Gymnasiī |
| Dative | Gymnasiō |
| Accusative | Gymnasium |
| Ablative | Gymnasiō |
| Vocative | Gymnasium |
References
- “Gymnasium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Gymnasium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette