kindergärtner

Noun capitalized: Kindergärtner

Kindergärtner (plural Kindergärtners or Kindergärtner)

1. (alternative) Alternative form of kindergartner (“person who teaches at a kindergarten”).
   • The Kindergärtners began their revolution by substituting objects for books in teaching, according to the express doctrine of [Jean-Jacques] Rousseau; but that is no evidence that they understood his philosophy. […] The Kindergärtner indiscriminately begins the teaching of forms, either with a cube...1875, E[dward] Seguin, “The Kindergarten”, in Report on Education (Vienna International Exhibition, 1873), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, pages 17, 18, and 20
   • I fully believe myself that, though this foreign name [Kindergarten] has been temporarily adopted in England and America, neither this nor that of Kindergärtner (gardeners) for the teachers will be permanently employed.[1876, Joseph Payne, “Hamburg”, in A Visit to German Schools: Notes of a Professional Tour […], London: Henry S[amuel] King & Co., →OCLC, page 28
2. (nonstandard) Nonstandard form of kindergartner (“child who attends a kindergarten”).
   • For the rest, the brain of our little Kindergärtner was being engrossed with the business of getting knowledge, and, as a result of this fancy, was being taken in hand by sober understanding and drilled to the useful and necessary task of discovering truth.1895, James Sully, “Extracts from a Father’s Diary”, in Studies of Childhood, London; New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 482
   • [He] accepted a cigar from one of his timid admirers. They followed him like Kindergärtner as he pointedly moved away from the Owl before allowing someone to light him up.1976, John Kelly, The Wooden Wolf, New York, N.Y.: Golden Apple Publications, published 1983, →ISBN, page 212