børnehave

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Danish

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Etymology

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børn (child) +‎ -e- +‎ have (garden), a calque of German Kindergarten.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /bœɐ̯nəhæːʊ̯ə/

Noun

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børnehave c (singular definite børnehaven, plural indefinite børnehaver)

  1. kindergarten

Declension

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Greenlandic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Danish børnehave (kindergarten).

Noun

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børnehave (plural børnehavit)

  1. kindergarten, nursery school