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

Turnverein Sentence Examples

  • The predominance of Germanic influence in the city is evidenced by at least 75 musical clubs and numerous Turnverein societies.

  • Other institutions are Concordia College (1881, Lutheran), a state normal school (1880), the Wisconsin College of physicians and surgeons (1893), the national German-American teachers' seminary (normal), Milwaukee academy (1864), Milwaukee University school, Milwaukee school of engineering (1904), Milwaukee Turnverein school of physical culture, one of the largest schools of the sort in the United States, St John's Catholic institute, Our Lady of Mercy academy (Roman Catholic), Wisconsin academy of music, the Wisconsin school of art (art students' league), a Catholic normal school, St Rose's manual training school, the industrial chemical institute (the only technical school for brewers in the United States) and several business and commercial schools.

  • At this time the universities were still agitated by the Liberal and patriotic aspirations aroused by the War of Liberation; at Breslau Leo fell under the influence of Jahn, and joined the political gymnastic association (Turnverein); at Jena he attached himself to the radical wing of the German Burschenschaft, the so-called "Black Band," under the leadership of Karl Follen.

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