kinderdagverblijf

Meaning

a day nursery for small children until age 3 in Belgium (Flanders) or age 4 in the Netherlands, when the children begin kleuterschool (nursery school/kindergarten) or, in the Netherlands, basisschool (primary school, which, in the Netherlands, begins at age 4 since August 1985, when kleuterschool was abolished and became a compulsory part of the primary school)

Concepts

day care center

day nursery

playgroup

day care centre

day care

childcare centre

Synonyms

dagopvang

kindercentrum

crèche

diensten voor onthaalouders

flexibele opvang

gastouderopvang

halvedagopvang

hele dagopvang

kinderopvangvoorziening

mini-crèches

ouderparticipatiecrèche

zelfstandige onthaalouders

Translations

crèche

garderie

Kindertagesstätte

guardería

guardería infantil

außerhäusliche Kinderbetreuung

jardin

asilo

asilo nido

centro per l’infanzia

nido di infanzia

Centro infantil

Creche

Infantário

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɪn.dərˈdɑx.fərˌblɛi̯f/

Etymology

From kind (“child”) + -er- + dag (“day”) + verblijf (“room”).