förskola

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Swedish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From för- ("pre-", "before") + skola ("school") .

Noun[edit]

förskola c

  1. (Sweden) educational institution (kindergarten) for small children (normally from 1 year up to around 6 years old) who not yet have begun primary school
    Synonyms: (official in Finland, no longer official in Sweden) dagvård, daghem, (slang for "daghem") dagis, (slang for "lekskola") lekis
  2. (Finland) educational institution for children (usually between 6 and 7 years old) the last year before beginning primary school
    Synonym: (official in Sweden) förskoleklass

Declension[edit]

Declension of förskola 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative förskola förskolan förskolor förskolorna
Genitive förskolas förskolans förskolors förskolornas

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