opzalmen.
to move from an easier, more concrete type of high school education to a more difficult and abstract one
Meaning & usage
to move from an easier, more concrete type of high school education to a more difficult and abstract one
Where this word comes from
Literally, “to salmon up”, a reference to the habit of a salmon to swim upstream, used as a metaphor. A reference, and the opposite, to the watervalsysteem (“waterfall system”) in Flemish high school education, in which pupils start at a difficult, more abstract type of education (general education), then in case of failure, drop off to easier, more concrete types of education (technical or vocational education).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.