Klippschule
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]17th century, from Middle Low German klipschôle (16th c.), probably from klippe (“clog, wooden shoe”) + schôle (“school”). By surface analysis, klipp (“click, clap”, interjection) + Schule. The original meaning may have been simply “village school, working-class school” (where the children wore clogs), but already the earliest attestion has the modern, restricted sense.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Klippschule f (genitive Klippschule, plural Klippschulen)
- (chiefly history) an unofficial school operated privately to teach (poor) children elementary skills
- Synonym: Winkelschule
- (by extension, derogatory) a bad, ineffective school
Declension
[edit]Declension of Klippschule [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Klippschule | die | Klippschulen |
| genitive | einer | der | Klippschule | der | Klippschulen |
| dative | einer | der | Klippschule | den | Klippschulen |
| accusative | eine | die | Klippschule | die | Klippschulen |