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)

1. 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)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡymˈna.si.um/, [ɡʏmˈnäs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒimˈna.si.um/, [d͡ʒimˈnäːs̬ium]

Proper noun

Gymnasium f sg (genitive Gymnasiī); second declension

1. 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

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.