Volksschule

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔlksʃuːlə/

Noun

Volksschule f (genitive Volksschule, plural Volksschulen)

(historical) primary school
(education) (Austria) elementary school

Declension

Declension of Volksschule

	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
- → Indonesian: sekolah rakyat (calque)
- → Korean: 국민학교 (gungminhakgyo)

Further reading

“Volksschule” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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