Meaning

2 senses
  1. A child who attends a kindergarten.

    Kindergartenkind, Kindergartenschüler, Kindergartenschülerin

    детса́довецdetsádovec, детса́довкаdetsádovka

    a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten

  2. (rare)A person who teaches at a kindergarten.

    Kindergärtner, Kindergärtnerin

    воспита́тельvospitátelʹ, воспита́тельницаvospitátelʹnica

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The playground was filled with giggling kindergartners.

    Дитячий майданчик був заповнений дошкільнятами, що весело гиготали. — deniko

    deDer Spielplatz war voller kichernder Kindergartenkinder. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. My little brother is still a kindergartner.

  3. She was declared a genius when she was merely a kindergartner.

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  4. Kindergartners are hard to work with.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
child who attends a kindergarten:
person who teaches at a kindergarten:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
child who attends a kindergarten:
person who teaches at a kindergarten:

Origin

From kindergarten + -er, with spelling influenced by German Kindergärtner (“kindergarten t

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

From German Kindergärtner.

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Forms

plural: kindergartners

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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