Bundes-Oberstufenrealgymnasium

English translation: public high school specializing in math(ematic)s and science

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German term or phrase:	Bundes-Oberstufenrealgymnasium
English translation:	public high school specializing in math(ematic)s and science
Entered by:	Steffen Walter

00:33 Mar 17, 2009

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German term or phrase: Bundes-Oberstufenrealgymnasium

eine jener typisch österreichischen Benennungen. Wie sag ich das meinem Kinde auf gut Englisch? (Damit sich das möglichst für einen Vergleich in der USA eignet).

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public high school spezialising in math and science

Explanation:
Ein öffentliches (Bundes) Gymasium für die (österreichischen) Schulstufen 5-8, das den Schwerpunkt auf mathematischen und naturwissenschaftlichen (im Gegensatz zu humanistischen) Fächern hat.

Bundes - public

Realgymnasium:
Das Realgymnasium wurde Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts in Deutschland eingeführt. Es stand zwischen der Oberrealschule und dem Gymnasium.
Im Gegensatz zu humanistischen Gymnasien, welche einen altphilologischen Schwerpunkt setzen (insbesondere auf Altgriechisch und Latein) und neusprachlichen Gymnasien (Englisch und mindestens eine weitere lebende Fremdsprache), fokussieren Realgymnasien auf die naturwissenschaftlichen Fächer (Realien) BE - Bildnerische Erziehung, Biologie, Mathematik, Physik, Chemie und Darstellende Geometrie. Sie sind somit in begrenztem Umfang mit technischen Gymnasien vergleichbar.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realgymnasium

"Oberstufe" bezieht sich auf die letzten 4 Jahre der Gymnasialzeit - also vergleichbar mit der US highschool

Stuyvesant High School (IPA: /ˈstаɪvɛsənt/), commonly referred to as Stuy (IPA: /ˈstаɪ/),[3] is a New York City public high school that specializes in mathematics and science. It is one of the most competitive public high schools in the United States, sending more students to some of the nation's most prestigious universities than most other public or private schools.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuyvesant_High_School

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Andrea Winzer
United States
Local time: 14:04

Grading comment

thanks a lot. I was hoping for a "less round-about interpretation" but this is obviously not possible, as gleaning all the many helpful references convinced me.
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public high school spezialising in math and science

Andrea Winzer

special form of the upper section of secondary school with an emphasis on natural sciences

Bettina Rittsteuer

science-oriented high-school

Lirka

Discussion entries: 2

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Bundes-Oberstufenrealgymnasium (Austria)

public high school spezialising in math and science

Andrea Winzer
United States
Local time: 14:04
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks a lot. I was hoping for a "less round-about interpretation" but this is obviously not possible, as gleaning all the many helpful references convinced me.

7 hrs confidence:

Bundes-Oberstufenrealgymnasium (Austria) special form of the upper section of secondary school with an emphasis on natural sciences

Explanation:
"special form of the upper section of secondary school (grades 9-12) with an emphasis on natural sciences" - explains it all, but I would still give the German term in parentheses or as a footnote

cf. http://aeiou.iicm.tugraz.at/aeiou.encyclop.r/r235294.htm;int...

Eurybase calls it a "special type of upper-cycle academic secondary
school"

Reference: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/ressources/eurydice/eurybase/pdf/0...

Bettina Rittsteuer
Austria
Local time: 20:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 8

11 hrs confidence:

science-oriented high-school

Explanation:
I studied in the USA and I know that they do not have such a thing. In any high-school students choose their subjects and thus form their own Realgymnasium or Gymnasium.

Lirka
Austria
Local time: 20:04
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 10

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