abnormskole

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

abnorm +‎ skole, first part from Latin abnōrmis (“departing from normal”), from both ab- (“away from, off”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”), and from nōrma (“norm, standard; rule, precept”) (with the suffix -is), from Etruscan, from Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn, “examiner, carpenter's square”), from γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “I am aware of”) (with the suffix -μων (-mōn, “I am aware of”), from Proto-Indo-European *-mō), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵiǵneh₃- (with the suffix -σκω (-skō), from Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Last part Danish skole, from Old Norse skóli, through Middle Low German schole and Latin schola (“school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “leisure, free time; school”), from Proto-Hellenic *skʰolā́, from Proto-Indo-European *sǵʰ-h₃-léh₂, from *seǵʰ- (“to hold, overpower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abˈnɔrmskuːlə/

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• Rhymes: -uːlə
• Hyphenation: ab‧norm‧sko‧le

Noun

abnormskole m (definite singular abnormskolen, indefinite plural abnormskoler, definite plural abnormskolene)

1. (obsolete, offensive) a school for the disabled or mentally challenged
   • 1923, Knut Hamsun, Siste kapitel II, page 162:

     abnormskoler hvor endog idioter lærer at læse

     abnormal schools where even idiots learn to read

   • 2013 September 8, Aftenposten, page 15:

     på 1880-tallet laget [man] egne skoler for [funksjonshemmede], riktignok med det grufulle navnet «abnormskole»

     in the 1880s [man] made his own schools for [the disabled], albeit with the gruesome name «abnormal school»

References

• “abnormskole” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).