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Kindergärtner¹

Where it comes from

From German Kindergärtner (“kindergarten teacher”). The other sense is not used in German.

noun Kindergärtners · 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
  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.

kindergärtner²

Where it comes from

From German Kindergärtner (“kindergarten teacher”). The other sense is not used in German.

noun kindergärtners · kindergärtner

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of kindergartner (“person who teaches at a kindergarten”). A few years ago Miss Blow, of St. Louis, took up, with the kindergärtners of that city, a study of “The Mother Play and Nursery Songs” in the German.
  2. nonstandard Nonstandard spelling of kindergartner (“child who attends a kindergarten”). It’s like chasing a couple of kindergärtners around.

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@misc{kinderga_rtner_2026,
  title = {kindergärtner},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kinderg%C3%A4rtner},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}