kind

Meaning

1. (neuter) child, kid, non-adult human
2. (neuter) first-degree descendant, still a minor or irrespective of age
3. (figuratively, neuter) product of influence, breeding etc.

Concepts

child

🧒

baby

👶

infant

offspring

kid

🧒

boy

👦

daughter

descendant

young

children

son

babe

bairn

girl

👧

pupil

schoolchild

scion

small insect

stopple

tad

toddler

tot

yearling

youngster

younker

branchlet

baba

babby

infaneto

pikkie

mawther

bambino

booby

childhood

greenhorn

kiddie

kiddo

kiddy

little sweetie

minor

newborn

newborn child

papoose

progeny

Synonyms

baby

👶

zoon

nakomeling

dochter

afstammeling

aansteller

nazaat

peuter

telg

wicht

zuigeling

jongere

draaitol

troetelkind

robbedoes

troetelnaam

woelwater

dochtertje

kleintje

zoontje

jongetje

jongeling

jongen

👦

kat

😺

kleinkind

meisje

nageslacht

Translations

Kind

🧒

enfant

🧒

niño

🧒

criança

🧒

bambino

🧒

çocuk

🧒

παιδί

filho

menino

👦

figlio

niña

👧

nen

👦

hijo

ولد

🐻

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɪnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: kint

Inherited from Old Dutch: kint

In summary

From Middle Dutch kint, from Old Dutch kint, from Proto-West Germanic *kind (“offspring”), from Proto-Germanic *kindą (“offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁tóm (“that which is produced, that which is given birth to”), related to *ǵn̥h₁tós (“produced, given birth”), from *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to give birth”).

Sentences

Als kind hadden zijn ouders hem leren schaatsen .

As a child, his parents had taught him to skate.

De receptionist gaf het kind een lolly .

The receptionist gave the child a lollipop.

De agressieve hond blafte naar het kind .

The aggressive dog barked at the child.

Het kind was verdwaalt in de catacomben.

The child was lost in the catacombs.

In het park is een kind gevonden dat iemand te vondeling had gelegd .

In the park, a child was found who had been found by someone.