kindergarten

See also: Kindergarten, kindergärten, and Kindergärten

English

Alternative forms

• kindergarden (misspelling)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Kindergarten (“kindergarten”, literally “garden of children”), coined by German pedagogue Friedrich Fröbel (early 19th century).

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪndəɹˌɡɑːɹt(ə)n/, /ˈkɪndəɹˌɡɑːɹd(ə)n/, [ˈkʰɪn(d)əɹˌɡɑːɹt̬(ə)n], [ˈkʰɪɾ̃əɹˌɡɑːɹʔn̩]
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪndəˌɡɑːt(ə)n/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tən

Noun

kindergarten (plural kindergartens or (obsolete) kindergärten)

1. (Canada, US, Australia) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. [from 1852]
2. (Canada, US, Australia) The elementary school grade before first grade.
3. (Philippines) The two levels between nursery and prep; the second and third years of preschool.

Synonyms

• nursery school (UK)
• preschool

Derived terms

• kindergartener
• kindy (diminutive)

 

Related terms

• kindergartner

 

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

• Pannonian Rusyn: дзецинска заградка f (dzecinska zahradka)
• 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 (boġča-yi bačagon), боғчаи бачагона (boġča-yi 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)

the elementary school grade before first grade

• Danish: børnehaveklasse c
• Finnish: esikoulu (fi)
• Greek: νηπιαγωγείο (el) n (nipiagogeío)
• Macedonian: забавиште n (zabavište)
• Portuguese: jardim (pt) m (Brazil), parquinho m (Brazil)
• Spanish: kínder (es) m (Latin America), preescolar (es) m

See also

• daycare

 

Further reading

• other meanings of kindergarten on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kindergarten on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Malay

Etymology

From English kindergarten, from German Kindergarten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kində(r)ɡa(r)tən/
• Rhymes: -tən, -ən

Noun

kindergarten (less used, plural kindergarten-kindergarten)

1. kindergarten (educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6)

Synonyms

• tabika/taman bimbingan kanak-kanak
• tadika/taman didikan kanak-kanak

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kindergarten (“kindergarten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kindeɾˈɡaɾten/ [kĩn̪.d̪eɾˈɣ̞aɾ.t̪ẽn]
• Rhymes: -aɾten
• Syllabification: kin‧der‧gar‧ten

Noun

kindergarten m (plural kindergartens)

1. kindergarten

Further reading

• “kindergarten”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10