Turnverein Definition

tûrnvə-rīn, to͝orn-
noun
A club of turners, or gymnasts.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Turnverein

Noun

Singular:
turnverein
Plural:
turnvereins

Origin of Turnverein

  • German turnen to do gymnastics turner2 Verein club (from obsolete vereine) (back-formation from Middle High German vereinen to unite) (ver- intensive pref.) (from Old High German far- per1 in Indo-European roots) (einen to make one) (from ein one) (from Old High German oi-no- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • German, from turnen to exercise + Verein a union.

    From Wiktionary

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