Noun
das Gymnasium
Pronunciation: /ɡʏmˈnaːziʊm/
academic secondary school (university track)
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rank #1,990
plural Gymnasien
Meanings
Noun
- academic secondary school (university track)
Example sentence
Was war dein Lieblingsfach, als du auf dem Gymnasium warst?
What was your favorite subject when you were at the Gymnasium?
Word forms
singular
das Gymnasium
plural
die Gymnasien
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedas Gymnasium
Accusativedas Gymnasium
Dativedem Gymnasium
Genitivedes Gymnasiums
Plural
Nominativedie Gymnasien
Accusativedie Gymnasien
Dativeden Gymnasien
Genitiveder Gymnasien
Usage
- auf ein Gymnasium gehen — This describes attending an academically oriented secondary school.
- Gymnasium / Turnhalle — The school is not the English gym, a place for exercise.
Das Gymnasium organisiert einen Austausch mit einer Schule in Frankreich.
The academic secondary school is organizing an exchange with a school in France.