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Schulaufgabe

school test

noun SHOOL-owf-gah-be Rare
People & Society Education

Origin: from Schule and Aufgabe (task)

Also means

graded class test

Usage Note

Schulaufgabe is, especially in Bavaria, the regional term for a major graded written test, equivalent to the Klassenarbeit used elsewhere. Outside that sense it can also mean homework. The plural is Schulaufgaben. Pupils dread the große Schulaufgabe before a holiday.

Examples

"Morgen schreiben wir eine Schulaufgabe in Latein."

Natural Translation

Tomorrow we have a school test in Latin.

Literal Translation

Tomorrow write we a school-test in Latin.

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