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Webster 1913 Edition
Kindergarten
Kin′der-garˊten
,Noun.
[G., lit., children’s garden;
kinder
(pl. of kind
child, akin to E. kin
kindred) + garten
garden.] 1.
A class within a primary school or a separate school for young children, usually between the ages of four and six years, designed to adapt children to the classroom environment before beginning academic training, on the theory that education should be begun by gratifying and cultivating the normal aptitude for exercise, play, observation, imitation, and construction; – a name given by
Friedrich Froebel
, a German educator, who introduced this method of training, in rooms opening on a garden. Definition 2024
Kindergarten
Kindergarten
See also: kindergarten and Kindergärten
kindergarten
kindergarten
See also: Kindergarten and Kindergärten
English
Noun
kindergarten (plural kindergartens)
- An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school.
- (US) The elementary school grade before first grade.
- (Philippines) The two levels between nursery and prep; the second and third years of preschool.
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Translations
educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6
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the elementary school grade before first grade
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Malay
Etymology
From English kindergarten, from German Kindergarten.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kində(r)ɡa(r)tən/
- Rhymes: -tən, -ən
Noun
kindergarten (less used, plural kindergarten-kindergarten)
- kindergarten (educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6)
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowing from German Kindergarten (“kindergarten”).
Noun
kindergarten m (plural kindergartens)