Volksschule

German

Etymology

From Volk (“people”) +‎ -s- +‎ Schule (“school”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔlksʃuːlə/
Audio (file)

Noun

Volksschule f (genitive Volksschule, plural Volksschulen)

(Germany, Switzerland, historical) primary school
(education, Austria) elementary school

Declension

Declension of Volksschule [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Volksschule	die	Volksschulen
genitive	einer	der	Volksschule	der	Volksschulen
dative	einer	der	Volksschule	den	Volksschulen
accusative	eine	die	Volksschule	die	Volksschulen

Descendants

→ Japanese: 国民学校 (calque)
- → Chinese: 國民學校／国民学校 (guómín xuéxiào)
  - ⇒ Chinese: 國校／国校 (guóxiào)
- → Indonesian: sekolah rakyat (calque)
- → Korean: 국민학교 (gungminhakgyo)
- → Malay: sekolah rendah, sekolah kebangsaan (calque)

Further reading

“Volksschule” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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