Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A program or class for four-year-old to six-year-old children that serves as an introduction to school.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A school in which instruction is imparted to very young children by the use of objects and instructive games and songs, according to the system initiated by Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) in Germany in 1840.
Wiktionary
- n. An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school.
- n. US The elementary school grade before first grade.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school
Etymologies
- Borrowing from German Kindergarten ("children's garden"). (Wiktionary)
- German : Kinder, genitive pl. of Kind, child (from Middle High German kint, from Old High German kind; see genə- in Indo-European roots) + Garten, garden (from Middle High German garte, from Old High German garto; see gher-1 in Indo-European roots). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Part of me appreciates the process, the other part of me just feels that setting goals for kids in kindergarten is a little premature.”
“She said kindergarten is a German word that is defined as a child's garden.”
“Closely allied to the kindergarten is the kitchengarden.”
Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
“The first disc, Kindergarten Essentials, … This book outlines rigorous literacy instruction in kindergarten informed by observation and assessment.”
“Segment 2: Literacy Thirty-two-thousand Utah students in kindergarten through third grade are non-proficient readers.”
“This book outlines rigorous literacy instruction in kindergarten informed by observation and assessment.”
“Around age 5, in kindergarten, most children are considered emergent readers.”
“I miss common courtesy, the social graces I learned in kindergarten, and common respect for my privacy, my peace and quiet in the wee hours of the night/morning when I need to sleep, my property, and my person.”
“My first love was in kindergarten, a little blond German-looking boy named Carl, who walked with his arms stick straight.”
“When I was in kindergarten, longer ago than I care to remember, I wandered out of the big gym where we were confined during the day.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘kindergarten’.
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Realia from Everywhere
Culturally defined terms and expressions from the four corners of the world
fjord, mistral steppe, tornado, tsunami, polder, kiwi, koala, sequoia, Abominable Snowman, paprika, spaghetti, empanada and 299 more...
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Tricky Words from German
Loanwords from German -- some established, some wet behind the ears -- that are difficult to spell, pronounce, or remember.
Torschlusspanik, Fräulein, weltanschauung, Weltschmerz, sprachgefühl, schadenfreude, katzenjammer, Radfahrer, gemütlich, zeitgeist, gesellschaft, gemeinschaft and 48 more...
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education
kindergarten, answer, consultant, notebook, lesson, schedule, state school, diploma, pen, faculty, primary school, report card and 23 more...
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Collage's Words
subtle, calamity, impale, qat, painterly, piebald, surly, nihilistic, repine, slake, larder, sepulchre and 349 more...
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words from the German
kindergarten, sturm und drang, schadenfreude, zeppelin, blitzkreig, blitz, krieg, panzer, angst, nazi, zeitgeist, doppelganger and 107 more...
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Amusing words
interesting words
bonce, furcate, tapioca, tillage, desalinate, garish, litmus, roadhog, azoic, haberdasher, imbroglio, polliwog and 802 more...
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kinds of kind
kind finds
mankind, enkindle, kindles, kinda, four of a kind, wunderkind, payment in kind, in-kind, kind, kindred, take kindly to, kinder and 53 more...
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Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Loanwords of German origin, so-called 'untranslatable' words, compound words, slang, and words which I (dis)like immensely.
verarschen, blitz, rucksack, hinterland, kindergarten, weltanschauung, treppenwitz, drachenfutter, torschlusspanik, katzenjammer, gedankenexperiment, frauenzimmer and 66 more...
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Kraut Rocks.
abseil, achtung, angst, blitzkrieg, dreck, eigenwert, hinterland, kindergarten, lebensraum, noodle, poltergeist, rucksack and 11 more...
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Words
malpitte, marshmellow, beneuk, doohickey, cara mia, fluke, blot, philosoraptor, kiki kannibal, duplo, whambulance, henchmen and 62 more...
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Internationally Known
wunderkind, a la carte, brunette, blitz, passe, genre, du jour, kindergarten, gegenschein, encore, lederhosen, souvenir and 20 more...
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foreign
yuki, sakura, nemui, aisoku, ai, je t'adore, sora, aozora, ao, suki, kawaii, airashii and 30 more...
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Get Schooled
education, school, student, pupil, college, university, classroom, teaching, public school, private school, parochial school, catholic school and 52 more...
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Zee Germans
(from Snatch):
Turkish: Fuck me, hold tight. What's that?
Tommy: It's me belt, Turkish.
Turkish: No, Tommy. There's a gun in your trousers. What's a gun doing in your trousers?...gesiebeautomat, schadenfreude, verboten, weltschmerz, blitzkrieg, ansatz, farkakte, beergarden, alpenglow, angst, anschluss, autobahn and 53 more...
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Loan words of German variety
what he said
zeitgeist, weltanschauung, sprachgefuhl, schadenfreude, kaput, ersatz, wunderkind, wanderlust, bildungsroman, doppelganger, katzenjammer, kindergarten and 12 more...
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German words in english language
german words that are used in english language without translation or alteration
kindergarten, zeitgeist, blitzkrieg, festschrift, rucksack, sauerkraut, verboten, leitmotiv, schadenfreude, weltschmerz, angst, abseil and 10 more...
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