Eleve
As Eleve [ e'le: və ] and Elevin are the students at drama and ballet schools , at the Spanish Riding School , prospective fencing masters (VdF) and prospective farmers and foresters during their practical training. The term used to be a general synonym for students .
use
The word belongs to the technical language of artistic professions. Anyone who calls an apprentice or student an eleven evaluates the skill they are learning as an art.
Origin and conceptual history
The French word élève means “pupil, pupil” and is derived from the verb élever , which means “to lift up”: to raise someone to a higher level of knowledge and ability. The German term Zögling has been in use since the 18th century and initially only referred to an agricultural and forestry assistant in training. The term includes the verb pull in the sense of educate . At first, pupil and student were used equally. Later, Zögling was used in German mainly for graduates from schools with a military orientation as well as for young people in homes and boarding schools . Consistently, the terms institutional, welfare and Home pupil .
In Danish, Norwegian and Swedish, elev ( Pl. Elever ) still means “pupil” in general.
example
"The trainee who comes from drama school is usually a ridiculous or despised figure among actors."
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Eleve. In: Digital dictionary of the German language . Retrieved September 16, 2019
- ↑ Duden , Volume 7, Etymologie , 1963, p. 784.
- ↑ pupil. In: Digital dictionary of the German language . Retrieved September 16, 2019