kindergärten

See also: Kindergärten, kindergarten, and Kindergarten

English

Etymology

From German Kindergärten, plural of Kindergarten.

Noun

kindergärten

1. (obsolete) plural of kindergarten
   • 1864, The Museum, page 181:

     He then lectured on the subject in several towns. In Dresden and Hamburg, where he already found kindergärten conducted by some of his former pupils, he opened classes for ladies, which were well attended. Many of these ladies availed themselves of the opportunity of practically applying the system in the kindergärten placed for this purpose at Fröbel’s disposal.

   • 1880, Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition, volume 2, page 297:

     It acts upon the conviction that the training of children too young for the schools forms an important part of the general education of the people, and recommends, in accordance with the best views of medical and educational authors, the kindergärten as an institution carrying out its own aims.

   • 1886, Report of the Commissioner of Education Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year ... with Accompanying Papers, page CXLVII:

     The total number of pupils six years old was 6,711, and the total enrollment in the kindergärten was 5,543, the average number belonging to the kindergärten being 3,147.

   • 1894, United States Congressional serial set, number 2938, page 290:

     The school connected with the normal was made a model for other kindergärten, a school fee of 1 yen (99.7 cents) a month was charged, and the following schedule of study was adopted.