kindergartner

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kindergartner¹

  • /ˈkɪndɚˌɡɑrtnɚ/ US
  • /ˈkɪndəˌɡɑːtnə/ UK

Where it comes from

From kindergarten + -er, with spelling influenced by German Kindergärtner (“kindergarten teacher”).

noun kindergartners · kindergartener · Kindergärtner · kindergärtner

  1. A child who attends a kindergarten. I partnered the older kids with my kindergartners and let everyone get a taste of teaching or learning from someone different.

kindergartner²

  • /ˈkɪndɚˌɡɑrtnɚ/ US
  • /ˈkɪndəˌɡɑːtnə/ UK

Where it comes from

From German Kindergärtner.

noun kindergartners · Kindergärtner · kindergärtner

  1. rare A person who teaches at a kindergarten. But the heart is generally larger than the creed, as was once strikingly evidenced to me by Louisa Frankenberg, a dear, devout old German kindergartner, who had learned the art of kindergartning [...]

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noun child who attends a kindergarten

日本語幼稚園児 youchienji, 園児 enji
DeutschKindergartenkind, Kindergartenschüler, Kindergartenschülerin
Русскийдетса́довец detsádovec, детса́довка detsádovka

noun person who teaches at a kindergarten

DeutschKindergärtner, Kindergärtnerin
Русскийвоспита́тель vospitátelʹ, воспита́тельница vospitátelʹnica

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@misc{kindergartner_2026,
  title = {kindergartner},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kindergartner},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}