Etymology

turnhalle

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Today it means: A building used as a school of gymnastics, mostly in German contexts. Full definition →

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The story

German, from turnen (“to exercise, do gymnastics”) + Halle (“hall”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.