Dutch

Noun

tentamen n ‎(plural tentamens, diminutive tentamentje n)

1. an examination (especially in higher education)

Synonyms

• examen

Derived terms

• tentamineren

Latin

Etymology

From tentō ‎(“I try”) +‎ -men ‎(noun-forming suffix).

Noun

tentāmen n ‎(genitive tentāminis); third declension

1. an attempt
2. (modern) a literary attempt: an essay
   • 1719, Johann Jakob Brucker:

     Tentamen Introductionis in Historiam Doctrinae Logicae de Ideis

     An Essay Introducing the History of the Logical Doctrine of Ideas

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Descendants

• Dutch: tentamen
• Swedish: tentamen, tenta

References

• tentamen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tentamen”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin tentāmen ‎(“an attempt”)

Noun

tentamen c

1. an examination

Declension

Derived terms

• (contraction): tenta

Related terms

•  tentera