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Schulklasse {f}; Klasse {f} [school] [listen] school class; class [listen]

Schulklassen {pl}; Klassen {pl} school classes; classes [listen]

Abiturklasse {f} [Dt.]; Maturaklasse {f} [Ös.] [Schw.] A-level class [Br.]; senior (high school) class [Am.]

Abschlussklasse {f} final-year class; senior class; graduating class

Parallelklasse {f} another class in the same year (group) [Br.] / grade [Am.]

Kunstklasse {f} art class

leistungsgemischte Klasse; leistungsheterogene Klasse mixed-ability class

Die Klasse macht morgen eine Exkursion. The class is going on a field trip tomorrow.; The class are going on a field trip tomorrow. [Br.]

Er geht in die/eine Parallelklasse. He is in another class in the same year group. [Br.]; He is in one of the other classes in the same year [Br.] / grade [Am.] as me.

jdn. hemmen; bremsen (Sache) {vt} [listen] to hold backsb. (from sth.) (of a thing)

hemmend; bremsend holding back

gehemmt; gebremst held back

Die Angst, etwas falsch zu machen, hemmt viele Leute. The fear of doing something wrong holds back many people.

Leistungsheterogene Klassen bremsen die besseren Schüler. Mixed-ability classes hold back the better students.

Wenn sie einmal zu reden anfängt, gibt es (für sie) kein Halten mehr. Once she starts talking, there's no holding her back.