gimnazjum

Meaning

a former type of secondary school in Poland, starting at the age of 12-13, and following at that time 6 years of elementary school; gymnasium; removed in 2017 by increasing the length of elementary (szkoła podstawowa) and secondary (liceum) school education

Hyphenated as

gim‧naz‧jum

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡimˈnaz.jum/

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gymnasium, from Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”).

Sentences

Chodzili do jednego gimnazjum , do różnych oddziałów tej samej klasy .

They went to one junior high school, to different branches of the same class.

I znajdowali się blisko gimnazjum , do którego chodziła .

And they were close to the junior high school she went to.

Od momentu powstania gimnazjum zdobyliśmy także wiele doświadczeń pracując z młodzieżą gimnazjalną.

Since the establishment of the junior high school, we have also gained a lot of experience working with junior high school students.