Pennal

This article explains the term for school, for location see Pennal (Wales) . See also: Penal , unit.

Pennal is an outdated term from the student language for a secondary school .

term

The word comes from the Latin penna , 'pen' (the Austrian word also stands for pen box , case for writing material). Students of Pennals (especially high school students) are Pennäler called. In the 17th century, the term was also used for new students Students used (see also: Pennalismus ) .

The term is hardly used these days. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the school type has been mentioned instead ( elementary school , high school ). Indirectly, the name lived on in colloquial language and in school language until the end of the 1970s as “Penne”, which is now considered out of date.

See also

• Student connection
• Austrian Pennäler Ring
• Schoolboy day

literature

• Pennäler and Penne . In: Duden - Wortfriedhof: Words that we will miss. Bibliographisches Institut GmbH, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-411-90912-4 , pp. 56-57 .
• Schoolboy . In: The dictionary of origin: Etymology of the German language. Bibliographisches Institut GmbH, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-411-90539-3 , pp. 624-625 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pennal in Wissen.de, accessed on September 22, 2014
2. ↑ Penne , duden.de, accessed on September 22, 2014