Gymnasium

See also: gymnasium

German

Etymology

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 (genitive Gymnasiums, plural Gymnasien)

grammar school (UK), prep school (US) (a school used to prepare students for university)

Declension

Declension of Gymnasium

	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

Descendants

→ Lower Sorbian: gymnazium

See also

Further reading

Gymnasium in Duden online

Latin

Proper noun

Gymnasium m (genitive Gymnasiī); second declension

A male given name, character in the play Cistellaria of Plautus.

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

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