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kindergärten

kindergärten is the plural of kindergarten.

Meaning of kindergarten

Noun

kindergarten (plural kindergartens or (obsolete) kindergärten)

  1. (Australia, Canada, India, UK, US, historical) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; a nursery school.
  2. (Canada, India, New-South-Wales, US) The elementary school grade before first grade.
    Synonyms:
    reception
  3. (Philippines) The two levels between nursery and prep; the second and third years of preschool.

Origin of kindergärten

From German Kindergärten, plural of Kindergarten.

Questions about kindergärten

What is kindergärten the plural of?
Kindergärten is the plural of kindergarten.

Words near kindergärten in the dictionary

  1. kindergartens
  2. kindergartner
  3. kindergartners
  4. kindergraph
  5. kindergraphs
  6. kindergärten
  7. kindergärtner
  8. kindergärtners
  9. Kinderhook
  10. Kinderhookian
  11. Kinderlou

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kindergärten (page history and authors); kindergarten (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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