bewaarschool

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of bewaren +‎ school.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈʋaːrˌsxoːl/

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• Hyphenation: be‧waar‧school

Noun

bewaarschool f (plural bewaarscholen, diminutive bewaarschooltje n)

1. (historical) A school providing early education for toddlers and young schoolchildren until the age of six, originally aimed at the children of poor parents; operating from the early nineteenth century until the 1950s.

See also

• kleuterschool