skoalle

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian skūle, schūle (“school”), from Proto-Germanic *skōla (“school”), from Late Latin schola, scola (“learned discussion or dissertation, lecture, school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold, have, possess”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈskwalə/

Noun

skoalle c (plural skoallen, diminutive skoaltsje)

  1. school (education)
    Spitich datst hieltyd noch nei skoalle moatst. ― Unfortunately you still have to go to school.

Further reading
  • “skoalle”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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