Kind

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See also: kind and -kind

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German kint, from Old High German kind, from Proto-West Germanic *kind. Cognates include German Kind and Luxembourgish Kand.

Pronunciation

  • (Vienna) IPA(key): /ˈkʰint/
  • Hyphenation: Kind

Noun

Kind n (plural Kinder)

  1. (Vienna) child
    • 1938, Josef Weinheber, Wien wörtlich, Impression im März:
      Wårme Sunn, dås erste Pråterveigerl:
      Ållweil wieder gfreust di wiara Kind.
      Warm sun, the first violet:
      You always rejoice like a child again.
    • 2015, “Wien wort auf di [Vienna waits for you]”, performed by Granada:
      Kumm ober, du eifrig's Kind.
      Come on, you eager child.

References

  • Maria Hornung, Sigmar Grüner (2002) “Khind”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT
  • Petr Šubrt (2010) Wiener dialekt (master thesis), Masaryk University, page 48

German

Kinder

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German kint, from Old High German kind, from Proto-West Germanic *kind, from Proto-Germanic *kindą, *kinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɪnt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

Kind n (strong, genitive Kindes or Kinds, plural Kinder, diminutive Kindchen n or Kindlein n or Kindelein n)

  1. kid; child (young person)
  2. child; offspring (person with regard to his or her parents; also a baby animal or young animal, especially as the second component in numerous compound nouns)
    Hyponym: Kleinkind
    Er war das zweitgeborene Kind in der Familie. ― He was the second-born child in the family.
    Er ist das Kind zweier blinder Eltern. ― He is the child of two blind parents.

Usage notes

  • The normal plural is Kinder. The double plural Kinders (also Kinners) is colloquial and chiefly restricted to Low German areas (northern Germany). It is most often heard as a vocative, either referring to an actual group of children or figuratively: Kinders, wie die Zeit vergeht! − “Boy, how time flies!”
  • Dialectal diminutives include Kindel, Kindele, Kindl, Kindle and Kindli.
  • In German law Kind is usually defined as a person under 14 years of age, while in non-German law Kind can mean a person under 18 years of age. See also Jugendlicher (person under 18 years but at least 14 years old) and Minderjähriger (person under 18 years of age).

Declension

Declension of Kind
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Kind die Kinder
genitive eines des Kindes, Kinds der Kinder
dative einem dem Kind, Kinde1 den Kindern
accusative ein das Kind die Kinder

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gesetz über die Verbreitung jugendgefährdender Schriften und Medieninhalte (GjS or GjSM) from 1985 (with changes from 1994 and 1997), §.1(4); Jugendschutzgesetz (JuSchG) from 2002 (with changes from 2013), §.1(1)
  2. ^ Übereinkommen über die Rechte des Kindes (VN-Kinderrechtskonvention or UN-Kinderrechtskonvention), Art.1

Further reading

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German kint, from Old Saxon kind, from Proto-West Germanic *kind, from Proto-Germanic *kindą, *kinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Kind n (plural Kinner or Kinder)

  1. (human) child
  2. offspring (person, with regard to position in a family)

Antonyms

Derived terms

Noun

Kind n (plural Kinga or Kinger)

  1. (Low Prussian) (human) child
  2. (Low Prussian) offspring (person, with regard to position in a family)

Derived terms

Noun

Kind n (dative Kinne, plural Kinner, vocative Kinners)

  1. (Paderbornisch) (human) child

Related terms

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German kind, from Old High German kind, from Proto-West Germanic *kind, from Proto-Germanic *kindą, *kinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Kind n (plural Kinner)

  1. kid; child
    Die Kinner kenne net schlofe. ― The children can't sleep.
    Die Kinner gehn in die Schul. ― The kids go to the school.
    Sie baad eere Kind. ― She bathes her child.

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Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German kint, from Old High German kind, from Proto-West Germanic *kind (“child”). Cognate with Dutch kind, Latin gēns and genus.

Pronunciation

Noun

Kind n (plural Kinner)

  1. child, kid
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