kweekschool

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Compound of kweken +‎ school.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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kweekschool f (plural kweekscholen, diminutive kweekschooltje n)

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

Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: kweekskool
  • Peranakan Indonesian: kweekschool

Peranakan Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch kweekschool.

Noun

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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

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