turnverein. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

turnverein

SYLLABICATION:	turn·ver·ein
PRONUNCIATION:	tûrnv-rn, trn-
NOUN:	Sports A club of gymnasts or tumblers.
ETYMOLOGY:	German : turnen, to do gymnastics; see turner² + Verein, club (from obsolete vereine, back-formation from Middle High German vereinen, to unite ( ver-, intensive pref., from Old High German far-; see per¹ in Appendix I + einen, to make one, from ein, one, from Old High German; see oi-no- in Appendix I).


The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.