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private school
A school that is operated and financed not by the state, but by a private organization or person, and for which tuition usually has to be paid.
Ihre Kinder besuchen eine internationale Privatschule mit zweisprachigem Unterricht.
Her children attend an international private school with bilingual instruction.
'Privatschule' (private school) is a compound noun made up of the adjective 'privat' (private) and the noun 'die Schule' (school). Its meaning is therefore literally a school under private sponsorship or management.
In unserer Stadt gibt es sowohl staatliche Schulen als auch eine Privatschule.
In our city, there are both state schools and a private school.
An important feature of private schools in German-speaking countries is that attending them usually requires paying 'Schulgeld' (school fees/tuition), meaning a fee. This is the main difference from state schools, which are usually free.
Das Schulgeld für die Privatschule ist ziemlich hoch.
The tuition for the private school is quite high.
In connection with 'Privatschule' (private school), the verbs 'besuchen' (to attend), 'auf eine Schule gehen' (to go to a school), or 'ein Kind auf eine Schule schicken' (to send a child to a school) are often used.
Viele Eltern schicken ihre Kinder auf eine Privatschule, weil sie sich kleinere Klassen erhoffen.
Many parents send their children to a private school because they hope for smaller classes.
boarding school
'Internat' and 'Privatschule' can both be schools, but they describe different things. An 'Internat' mainly says that the students also live there and are cared for there. A 'Privatschule' mainly says that the school is not state-run and usually charges tuition. Learners may confuse the words because a boarding school can also be private. Still, they are not the same: 'Internat' describes the living arrangement, while 'Privatschule' describes who runs and finances the school.
Die Privatschule hat kleine Klassen, aber die Eltern müssen Schulgeld bezahlen.
The private school has small classes, but the parents have to pay tuition.
Im Internat wohnen die Jugendlichen während der Woche auf dem Schulgelände.
At the boarding school, the young people live on the school grounds during the week.