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Korrektur

marking; correction

noun ko-rek-TOOR Rare
People & Society Education

Origin: from Latin correctura

Usage Note

Korrektur refers to the teacher's act of marking and correcting pupils' written work. In der Korrektur sein means the teacher is currently marking a set of papers. The word also means the corrections themselves marked in red on the student's work.

Examples

"Die Lehrerin ist noch mit der Korrektur der Klassenarbeiten beschäftigt."

Natural Translation

The teacher is still busy marking the class tests.

Literal Translation

The teacher is still with the marking of the class-works occupied.

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