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päiväkoti

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Finnish

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Etymology

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päivä +‎ koti, most likely a calque of Swedish daghem.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpæi̯ʋæˌkoti/, [ˈpæi̯ʋæˌko̞t̪i]
  • Rhymes: -oti
  • Hyphenation(key): päivä‧koti

Noun

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päiväkoti

  1. nursery school, preschool (educational institution for young children, in Finland usually for children from 1 year up to around 6 years old; takes place before esikoulu and then primary school or peruskoulu)

Usage notes

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The common translation, kindergarten, is actually incorrect, as päiväkoti refers to an educational institution for small children who not yet have begun primary school (peruskoulu, Swedish grundskola) or even esikoulu. In Finland, esikoulu (Swedish förskola, literally preschool) is a closer correspondence to kindergarten (at least in the US), since it refers to an educational institution for children (normally between 6 and 7 years old) the last year before beginning primary school. In Sweden, however, esikoulu (Swedish förskola) refers to what is essentially the same institution as that called päiväkoti in Finland, while that called esikoulu (Swedish förskola) in Finland is called esikoululuokka (Swedish förskoleklass, preschool class or preschool grade) in Sweden.

päiväkoti technically refers only to the educational institution, but is very commonly used for the stage of education (which is more correctly called varhaiskasvatus) in informal contexts.

Declension

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Inflection of päiväkoti (Kotus type 5*F/risti, t-d gradation)
nominative päiväkoti päiväkodit
genitive päiväkodin päiväkotien
partitive päiväkotia päiväkoteja
illative päiväkotiin päiväkoteihin
singular plural
nominative päiväkoti päiväkodit
accusative nom. päiväkoti päiväkodit
gen. päiväkodin
genitive päiväkodin päiväkotien
partitive päiväkotia päiväkoteja
inessive päiväkodissa päiväkodeissa
elative päiväkodista päiväkodeista
illative päiväkotiin päiväkoteihin
adessive päiväkodilla päiväkodeilla
ablative päiväkodilta päiväkodeilta
allative päiväkodille päiväkodeille
essive päiväkotina päiväkoteina
translative päiväkodiksi päiväkodeiksi
abessive päiväkoditta päiväkodeitta
instructive päiväkodein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of päiväkoti (Kotus type 5*F/risti, t-d gradation)

Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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