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Added 9 October 2026

kindergarten

/ˈkɪndəɹˌɡɑːɹt(ə)n/ noun

In Latin: none, coined in 1840 Coined: 1840, by Friedrich Fr Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about kindergarten at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school.

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from German Kindergarten (“kindergarten”, literally “garden of children”), coined by German pedagogue Friedrich Fröbel in 1840.

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