Klippschule

German

Etymology

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 attestation has the modern, restricted sense.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɪpˌʃuːlə/

Noun

Klippschule f (genitive Klippschule, plural Klippschulen)

  1. (chiefly history) an unofficial school operated privately to teach (poor) children elementary skills
    Synonym: Winkelschule
  2. (by extension, derogatory) a bad, ineffective school

Declension

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
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