Noun: klase
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | klase |
| Accusative | klasi |
| Genitive | klases |
| Dative | klasei |
| Instrumental | klasi |
| Locative | klasē |
| Vocative | klase |
Plural
| Nominative | klases |
| Accusative | klases |
| Genitive | klašu |
| Dative | klasēm |
| Instrumental | klasēm |
| Locative | klasēs |
| Vocative | klases |
Sample Sentences
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mācīties piektajā klasē (to study in fifth grade)
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pārcelt uz nākamo klasi (to move (up) to the next grade)
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beigt astoņas klases (to finish eight grades (= 8th grade))
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vecākās klases (senior grades, classes)
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klases biedri (classmates)
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klases audzinātājs (class teacher)
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vijoles, klavieru klase (violin, piano class)
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ienākt klasē (to enter the classroom)
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vēdināt klasi (to ventilate the classroom)
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klases darbs (class work (= written work done in class))
Nouns inflected like klase
debespuse,
pēcpuse,
imperatrise,
princese,
ciprese,
lappuse,
vikontese,
trase,
klase,
delikatese,
baronese,
aktrise,
adrese,
prakse,
paduse,
apse,
tāse,
tase,
puse,
rase, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Via other European languages (probably French classe, maybe via German Klasse, ultimately borrowed from Latin classis (“a class or division of the people, assembly of people, the whole body of citizens called to arms, the army, the fleet, later a class or division in general”). See: French Nouns '
classe', German Nouns '
Klasse', Latin Nouns '
classis'.
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