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English
Etymology 1
kind + -er
Pronunciation
Adjective
kinder
- comparative form of kind: more kind
My aunt has been kinder to me since my father died.
2021 February 10, Nigel Harris, “We risk destroying value”, in RAIL, number 924, page 3:Electric trains have much lower operating costs and are kinder to the track.
Etymology 2
Adverb
kinder (not comparable)
- Alternative form of kinda
1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw:I told ’im to give you the strings last night, but I’m kinder glad thet Rosebud interfered an’ saved yer life.
1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 9, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017:'No, he was kinder reticent about that part of it.'
Etymology 3
From German Kinder (“children”), sometimes via Yiddish קינדער (kinder, “children”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kinder pl (plural only)
- (chiefly humorous or in German or Yiddish contexts) Children.
- 2008 December 31, Al Scaduto, They'll Do It Every Time (newspaper comic):
- But - let wifey leave him with the kinder while out shopping...
2010, Beth Rubin, Frommer's Washington D.C. with Kids, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:Of special interest to the kinder are The Children's Place, Baby Gap, Gap Kids and Gap, Gymboree, The Limited, America!, and the Sweet Factory.
2012, Charlotte Druckman, Skirt Steak: Women Chefs on Standing the Heat and Staying in the Kitchen, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 192:Do note, as Goin mentions, this is a policy better implemented when the kinder are well past infancy.
Noun
kinder (countable and uncountable, plural kinders)
- (Philippines, countable, uncountable) Short for kindergarten.
- (informal, countable) Short for kindergartener.
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Danish
Noun
kinder c
- indefinite plural of kind
Swedish
Noun
kinder
- indefinite plural of kind
Tatar
Noun
kinder
- cannabis