School Systems

• die Grundschule – primary school (Germany)
• die Matura – equivalent of A levels (Austria and Switzerland)
• die Primarschule – primary school (Switzerland)
• die Volksschule – primary school (Austria)
• die Gesamtschule – comprehensive school (Germany only)
• die Mittlere Reife/der Schulabschluss – equivalent of GCSEs in some parts of Germany
• der Abschluss – school leaving qualification
• die Realschule – combined secondary school, more academic than die Hauptschule
• das Abitur – equivalent of A levels (Germany)
• das Gymnasium – grammar school
• die Hauptschule – general or lower secondary school