Ancient language

As Ancient languages ​​those school subjects are referred to in the language of the German school administrations that deal with the mediation of today no longer used early versions of formative for the European cultural space written languages ​​and its cultural environment. These subjects are taught exclusively in secondary schools.

Disseminated at German high schools is still a school subject Latin, much less often Greek is taught in humanistic schools.

The Latinum are ( in some states, differentiated according to the duration of the teaching of Latin in Great Latinum, KMK Latinum and Small Latinum ) and awarded the Graecum that are demanded by the universities for certain fields of study by the students for the same services in these subjects as performance records. These are especially the humanities, for example, modern foreign languages, history or theology. In medicine, subject-related language skills ( terminology) must be detected, which can also be purchased at the university.

Others, still in use language levels are taught under the heading of Modern languages ​​in schools.