peruskoulu
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Finnish
Etymology
perus- (“basic”) + koulu (“school”)
Pronunciation
Noun
peruskoulu
- The name commonly used in Finnish for Finland's 9-year comprehensive schools starting at the age of 7 (literally means "basic school"; a more precise or more descriptive name would be (yhdeksänvuotinen) yhtenäiskoulu).
Usage notes
The peruskoulu replaced the earlier kansakoulu (“free primary school for everyone”) and keskikoulu (“middle school with entrance exams and school fees”) starting in 1972.
Declension
| Inflection of peruskoulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | peruskoulu | peruskoulut | |
| genitive | peruskoulun | peruskoulujen | |
| partitive | peruskoulua | peruskouluja | |
| illative | peruskouluun | peruskouluihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | peruskoulu | peruskoulut | |
| accusative | nom. | peruskoulu | peruskoulut |
| gen. | peruskoulun | ||
| genitive | peruskoulun | peruskoulujen | |
| partitive | peruskoulua | peruskouluja | |
| inessive | peruskoulussa | peruskouluissa | |
| elative | peruskoulusta | peruskouluista | |
| illative | peruskouluun | peruskouluihin | |
| adessive | peruskoululla | peruskouluilla | |
| ablative | peruskoululta | peruskouluilta | |
| allative | peruskoululle | peruskouluille | |
| essive | peruskouluna | peruskouluina | |
| translative | peruskouluksi | peruskouluiksi | |
| abessive | peruskoulutta | peruskouluitta | |
| instructive | — | peruskouluin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
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See also
Further reading
- “peruskoulu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03