kweekschool

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of kweken +‎ school.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʋeːk.sxoːl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kweek‧school

Noun

kweekschool f (plural kweekscholen, diminutive kweekschooltje n)

  1. (historical, Netherlands) a school where enrollees, as teenagers or adolescents, were educated in a profession

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: kweekskool
  • → Peranakan Indonesian: kweekschool

Peranakan Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kweekschool.

Noun

kweekschool

  1. normal school
    Di taon 1916 gouvernement Hindia telah diriken satoe kweekschool boeat anak Tionghoa di Mr. Cornelis[1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

  1. ^ Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 75
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