Abitur
/ˌæbiˈtʊə(ɹ)/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Abitur. alt-of
Example
More examples"Mary turned down the chance of taking her Abitur because she wanted to stand on her own two feet as soon as possible."
Etymology
Borrowed from German Abitur.