Talk:propedeuse

language
I should have thought before listing this under English requested entries; what language is it? it doesn't seem to be tied to any language&mdash;however, it is only used in the Netherlands (?), so it may be considered a Dutch term as they coined it? (fr:propedeuse says it's Dutch, propédeutique = French) -- 203.171.192.160 17:31, 12 May 2009 (UTC)


 * And German seems to be propädeutikum (Propädeutikum) -- 203.171.192.160 17:37, 12 May 2009 (UTC)


 * There's a total of about a dozen "a/the propedeuse" in Google Books, so it has been used in English but quite rarely, unlike the very common "baccalaureat". Equinox ◑ 17:42, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

But those may be referring to the Dutch word, right? I don't think a dozen books mentioning the word gives it a very strong backbone. One of the English results I got was a book on the legal system in the Netherlands (!), probably makes reference to it because that's what they call it there, it would be more familiar to the natives of that country if they referred to it as such (even if not English). Compare the results with the amount you get by removing the article: some hundreds, mostly Dutch ones. -- 203.171.192.175 22:59, 12 May 2009 (UTC)