Kindergarten

Betekenis

nursery school; kindergarten; day care center (institution where children below school age play and are looked after during the day)

Met koppelteken als

Kin‧der‧gar‧ten

Geslacht

♂️ Mannelijk

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈkɪndərˌɡartən/

Etymologie

Kind (“child”) + -er- + Garten (“garden”). Coined in 1840 by Friedrich Fröbel in the metaphorical sense of “place where children can grow in a natural way”, not in the literal sense of “garden”.