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)

  1. 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

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Latin

Proper noun

Gymnasium n sg (genitive Gymnasiī or Gymnasī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Gymnasium
Genitive Gymnasiī
Gymnasī1
Dative Gymnasiō
Accusative Gymnasium
Ablative Gymnasiō
Vocative Gymnasium

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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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