Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Australia, Canada, India, UK, US, historical)An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; a nursery school.

    Vorschule, Kindergarten

    де́тский садdétskij sad, детса́дdetsád, детса́дикdetsádik

    дитя́чий садdytjáčyj sad, дитя́чий садо́кdytjáčyj sadók, дитсадо́кdytsadók

    a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school

  2. (Canada, India, New South Wales, US)The elementary school grade before first grade.

  3. (Philippines)The two levels between nursery and prep; the second and third years of preschool.

Examples

146 sentences
  1. Where did you go to kindergarten?

    Куди ти ходив до дитячого садку?

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  2. Can you remember your kindergarten teacher's name?

    Ти пам'ятаєш, як звали твою виховательку в дитячому садку?

    ruТы помнишь, как звали твою воспитательницу в детском саду?

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  3. All three of us have been here since kindergarten.

    Ми всі троє були тут аж з самого дітсадка.

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  4. I went to the same kindergarten as Tom did.

    Ми з Томом ходили до одного й того самого дитячого садку.

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  5. Did you go to kindergarten?

    Ти ходив до дитячого садку?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6:
Русский
By meaning 1
educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6:

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from German Kindergarten (“kindergarten”, literally “garden of childre

Unadapted borrowing from German Kindergarten (“kindergarten”, literally “garden of children”), coined by German pedagogue Friedrich Fröbel in 1840.

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Forms

plural: kindergartens

Synonyms

4 synonyms

Word family

9 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • a kindergarten teacher
  • kindergarten teacher
  • go to kindergarten
  • be a kindergarten
  • was in kindergarten
  • since kindergarten

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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