route to school
der Schulweg, die Schulwege
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route to school
The route that schoolchildren travel every day to get from home to school and back again.
Viele Kinder legen ihren Schulweg gemeinsam mit Freunden zurück.
Many children travel their route to school together with friends.
| gender | masculine der |
|---|---|
| plural | die Schulwege |
| genitive | des Schulweges |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | der Schulweg | die Schulwege |
| accusative | den Schulweg | die Schulwege |
| dative | dem Schulweg | den Schulwegen |
| genitive | des Schulweges des Schulwegs | der Schulwege |
The article changes with the case; it is shown in colour.
The word is simply made up of 'die Schule' (school) and 'der Weg' (way/path). So it very directly describes the way to school.
Mein Schulweg war früher sehr kurz, ich musste nur über die Straße gehen.
My route to school used to be very short; I only had to cross the street.
When describing that something happens during the journey to school, you almost always use the preposition 'auf'. So the phrase is 'auf dem Schulweg' (on the way to school).
Auf dem Schulweg hat es angefangen zu regnen.
It started raining on the way to school.
Common verbs in this context are 'den Schulweg zurücklegen' (to travel one's route to school) or 'sich auf den Schulweg machen' (to set off for school). The route is also often described with adjectives such as 'sicher' (safe), 'gefährlich' (dangerous), 'kurz' (short), or 'lang' (long).
Die Gemeinde möchte den Schulweg für die Kinder sicherer machen.
The municipality wants to make the route to school safer for the children.
