Abiturient

== English == === Alternative forms === abiturient === Etymology === Borrowed from German Abiturient, from Latin abituriō (“I wish to leave”). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ɑbɪˌtuɹiˈɛnt/ === 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. [from mid 19th c.] ==== Usage notes ==== (German pupil): This noun is often used attributively, as in Abiturient examination. ==== Related terms ==== Abitur ==== Translations ==== === References === == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin abituriēns, present participle of abituriō (“I want to leave”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /abituˈʁi̯ɛnt/ === 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 ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Einser-Abiturient, Einserabiturient (“person who has passed the Abitur with an A grade”) Abiturientenexamen Abiturium, Abitur Abiturientenjahrgang Abiturientenklasse Abiturientenlehrgang Abiturientenprüfung Abiturientenball Abiturientenfeier Abituriententag ==== Descendants ==== → English: Abiturient → Finnish: abiturientti ⇒ Finnish: abi → Norwegian Bokmål: abiturient → Russian: абитурие́нт (abiturijént, abituriént) → Azerbaijani: abituriyent === Further reading === “Abiturient” in Duden online “Abiturient” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache