kindergarten

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She said kindergarten is a German word that is defined as a child's garden.

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  1. noun A program or class for four-year-old to six-year-old children that serves as an introduction to school.

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  • I look out into the play-ground, and every boy down to the smallest baby in the kindergarten is armed with a bamboo gun. —  The Lady of the Decoration
  • His win streak began when he was in pre-kindergarten, and he's never missed a day since, according to his grandmother, Dolores Crowe.
  • This is the segment on universal pre-kindergarten, a promise made by Barack Obama during his campaign. —  QandO
  • Katharina Rutschky: The practice of dispelling fascism in the kindergarten was far more important than ideology. —  signandsight.com
  • Kelly, 6 year old daughter, in kindergarten * sobs* —  Ramblings of a SAHM
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  1. 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).

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  1. German, a fanciful name, literally ‘garden of children’ (regarded as tender plants to be reared), from kinder, genitive plural of kind, a child (see child), + garten = English garden, q. v.
 

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/ˈkɪndərgɑrtn/
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