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Kindergarten

kindergarten

noun KIN-der-gar-ten Rare
People & Society Education

Origin: coined by Friedrich Fröbel, literally children's garden

Also means

nursery school

Usage Note

Kindergarten is the German pre-school for roughly ages three to six; the word was borrowed wholesale into English. Children attend before Grundschule. The umlauted plural is Kindergärten. A more modern, broader term is Kita (short for Kindertagesstätte).

Examples

"Die Kleine geht gerne in den Kindergarten."

Natural Translation

The little one likes going to kindergarten.

Literal Translation

The little-one goes gladly into the children-garden.

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