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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of kweken + school.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʋeːk.sxoːl/
- Hyphenation: kweek‧school
Noun
kweekschool f (plural kweekscholen, diminutive kweekschooltje n)
- (historical, Netherlands) a school where enrollees, as teenagers or adolescents, were educated in a profession
Descendants
Peranakan Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch kweekschool.
Noun
kweekschool
- 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
- ^ Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 75