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Lehre

apprenticeship

noun LAY-re Less Common
People & Society Education

Also means

doctrine

Usage Note

Lehre spans a vocational apprenticeship, a teaching or doctrine, and a moral lesson — eine Lehre aus etwas ziehen means 'to learn a lesson from something'. It shares a root with lehren (to teach) and lernen (to learn). Don't confuse it with the adjective leer (empty), which sounds similar.

Examples

"Er macht eine Lehre als Bäcker."

Natural Translation

He is doing an apprenticeship as a baker.

Literal Translation

He makes an apprenticeship as baker.

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