kind

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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.

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

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɪnt/

Inherited from Middle Dutch

Inherited from Old Dutch

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”).