Etymology

kinder

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Today it means: Children. Full definition →

German Kinder ← Yiddish קינדער
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kinder · adjective1

From kind + -er.

kinder · adverb2

From kind of.

kinder · noun3

  1. Yiddish · derived fromקינדער“children”
  2. German · derived fromKinder“children”
  3. English todaykinder

From German Kinder (“children”), sometimes via Yiddish קינדער (kinder, “children”).

kinder · noun4

Clipping of kindergarten or kindergartner.

Kinder · proper noun5

Uncertain but probably of Proto-Brythonic origin. The name may be equivalent to Welsh cain (“elegant, fair”) or cant (“border, rim”) + dwfr (“water”).

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