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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from German Kindergarten (“kindergarten”, literally “garden of children”), coined by German pedagogue Friedrich Fröbel (early 19th century).
Pronunciation
Noun
kindergarten (plural kindergartens or (obsolete) kindergärten)
- (Canada, US, Australia) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school.
- (Canada, US, Australia) The elementary school grade before first grade.
- (Philippines) The two levels between nursery and prep; the second and third years of preschool.
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Translations
educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6
- Afrikaans: kleuterskool
- Albanian: kopsht (sq) m (Albania), çerdhe (sq) (Kosovo)
- Arabic: رَوْضَة f (rawḍa), رَوْضَة أَطْفَال f (rawḍa(t) ʔaṭfāl), رِيَاض أَطْفَال m (riyāḍ ʔaṭfāl), رِيَاض m (riyāḍ)
- Gulf Arabic: روضة f (rōḏ̣a)
- Moroccan Arabic: روض m (rūḍ)
- South Levantine Arabic: رَوْضَة f (rawḍa)
- Armenian: մանկապարտեզ (hy) (mankapartez)
- Azerbaijani: uşaq bağçası
- Bashkir: балалар баҡсаһы (balalar baqsahı)
- Belarusian: дзіця́чы сад m (dzicjáčy sad)
- Bengali: কিণ্ডারগার্টেন (kinḍargarṭen)
- Bulgarian: де́тска гради́на f (détska gradína)
- Burmese: သူငယ်တန်း (my) (su-ngaitan:)
- Catalan: llar d'infants (ca) f, escola bressol (ca) f
- Chechen: берийн баьш (beriı̇n bäš), берийн беш (beriı̇n beš)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 幼兒園／幼儿园 (zh) (yòu'éryuán), (Taiwan) 幼稚園／幼稚园 (zh) (yòuzhìyuán)
- Chuvash: ача панчи (ač̬a p̬anč̬i)
- Czech: mateřská škola (cs) f, školka (cs) f
- Danish: børnehave (da) c
- Dutch: kleuterschool (nl)
- Erzya: эйкакшпире (ejkakšpiŕe)
- Esperanto: infanĝardeno, antaŭlernejo
- Estonian: lasteaed
- Faroese: dagstovnur m, barnagarður m
- Finnish: esikoulu (fi) (year of education before compulsory education), päiväkoti (fi), lastentarha (fi), (colloquial) tarha (fi)
- French: maternelle (fr) f, jardin d’enfants (fr) m, école maternelle f
- Georgian: საბავშვო ბაღი (sabavšvo baɣi)
- German: Vorschule (de) f, Kindergarten (de) (but the latter is not seen as a school, rather as a form of day care)
- Greek: νηπιαγωγείο (el) n (nipiagogeío)
- Greenlandic: børnehave, paaqqinniffik, meeqqerivik
- Hebrew: גַּן (he) m (gan) (garden), גַן יְלָדִים (he) m (gan y'ladím) (children garden)
- Hindi: किंडरगार्टन (hi) m (kiṇḍargārṭan), किण्डरगार्टन (hi) m (kiṇḍargārṭan)
- Hungarian: óvoda (hu)
- Icelandic: leikskóli (is) m
- Ido: infanto-skolo, infant-azilo
- Indonesian: taman kanak-kanak (id), raudatul athfal
- Italian: asilo (it) m
- Japanese: 幼稚園 (ja) (ようちえん, yōchien)
- Javanese: ꦪꦺꦴꦒꦺꦴꦢꦾꦤ (yogodyana)
- Kashubian: dzecnica f
- Kazakh: балабақша (balabaqşa)
- Khmer: សាលាមត្តេយ្យ (saalaamattəy), មត្តេយ្យសាលា (mattəyyĕəʼsaalaa)
- Korean: 유치원(幼稚園) (ko) (yuchiwon), 유아원(幼兒園) (ko) (yuawon)
- Kumyk: яшлар баву (yaşlar bawu)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: باخچەی منداڵان (baxçey mindallan)
- Northern Kurdish: zarrokistan (ku), zarrokxane (ku)
- Kyrgyz: балдар бакчасы (ky) (baldar bakcası)
- Lao: ໂຮງຮຽນອະນຸບານ (lo) (hōng hīan ʼa nu bān)
- Latvian: bērnudārzs m
- Lithuanian: vaikų darželis m
- Luxembourgish: Spillschoul f
- Macedonian: детска градинка f (detska gradinka)
- Malay: tadika (ms), taman didikan kanak-kanak, tabika, taman bimbingan kanak-kanak, kindergarten
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: хүүхдийн цэцэрлэг (xüüxdiin cecerleg)
- Northern Sami: mánáidgárdi
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: barnehage (no) m
- Nynorsk: barnehage m
- Pashto: کودکستان m (kodakestān), وړکتون (ps) m (waṛaktun)
- Persian: کودَکِسْتان (fa) (kudakestân)
- Polish: przedszkole (pl) n, dzieciniec (pl) m
- Portuguese: jardim de infância (pt) m, parquinho m (Brazil), infantário (pt)
- Punjabi: ਕਿੰਡਰਗਾਰਟਨ m (kiṇḍragārṭan)
- Romanian: grădiniță (ro) f, grădiniță de copii (ro) f
- Russian: де́тский сад (ru) m (détskij sad), детса́д (ru) m (detsád), детса́дик (ru) m (detsádik), де́тский са́дик m (détskij sádik), сад (ru) m (sad), са́дик (ru) m (sádik)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Latin: vr̀tić m, òbdanīšte (sh) n, zàbavīšte (sh) n, prèdškōla (sh) f
- Cyrillic: вр̀тић m, о̀бданӣште n, за̀бавӣште n, прѐдшко̄ла f
- Slovak: materská škola f
- Slovene: vrtec m
- Spanish: parvulario (es) m, jardín de infancia (es) m, jardín infantil (es) m, (Latin America) kínder (es) m, jardín de niños m (Mexico), kindergarten (es) m (Puerto Rico)
- Swedish: daghem (sv) n, dagis (sv) n, förskola (sv) c, lekis (sv) n, lekskola (sv) c
- Tajik: кӯдакистон (tg) (küdakiston), боғчаи бачагон (boġčayi bačagon), боғчаи бачагона (boġčayi bačagona)
- Tatar: балалар бакчасы (balalar baqçası)
- Thai: โรงเรียนอนุบาล (roong-riian-à-nú-baan)
- Turkish: anaokulu (tr)
- Turkmen: çagalar bagy
- Ukrainian: дитя́чий сад m (dytjáčyj sad), дитя́чий садо́к m (dytjáčyj sadók), дитсадо́к (uk) m (dytsadók)
- Urdu: کِنْڈَرْگارْٹَن m (kinḍargārṭan)
- Uyghur: بالىلار باغچىسى (balilar baghchisi)
- Uzbek: bolalar bogʻchasi
- Vietnamese: mẫu giáo (vi), nhà trẻ (vi), vườn trẻ
- Volapük: putajul
- Yiddish: קינדערגאָרטן m (kindergortn)
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the elementary school grade before first grade
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Further reading
Malay
Etymology
From English kindergarten, from German Kindergarten.
Pronunciation
Noun
kindergarten (less used, plural kindergarten-kindergarten)
- kindergarten (educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6)
Synonyms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kindergarten (“kindergarten”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kindeɾˈɡaɾten/
- Rhymes: -aɾten
- Syllabification: kin‧der‧gar‧ten
Noun
kindergarten m (plural kindergartens)
- kindergarten
Further reading
other meanings of kindergarten on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 