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abitur

UK/ˌæbiˈtʊə(ɹ)/US/ˌæbiˈtʊɹ/

abitur is the alternative letter-case form of Abitur.

Noun capitalized: Abitur

Abitur (plural Abiturs)

  1. A group of matriculation exams taken in the final year of German secondary school.
    • The oral and written exam became called the Abitur, from Latin abitus, that is, departure from school. The Prussian and later German Abitur amounted to a sort of baccalaureate-equivalent exam, administered outside the university.[2008, William Clark, Academic Charisma and the Origins of the Research University, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 124

Forms of abitur

pluralabiturs
pluralAbiturs
alternative formabitur

Origin of abitur

Borrowed from German Abitur.

Questions about abitur

What does abitur mean?
Abitur means a group of matriculation exams taken in the final year of German secondary school.
What is abitur the alternative letter-case form of?
Abitur is the alternative letter-case form of Abitur.
What part of speech is abitur?
Abitur is a noun.
How do you pronounce abitur?
Abitur is pronounced /ˌæbiˈtʊə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of abitur?
The plural of abitur is abiturs.

Words near abitur in the dictionary

  1. Abitibian
  2. Abitibis
  3. abiting
  4. abitrary
  5. abitten
  6. abitur
  7. abiturient
  8. abiturients
  9. abiturs
  10. abituzumab
  11. abiu

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