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kindergarten

kin·der·gar·ten

UK/ˈkɪndəˌɡɑːt(ə)n/ US/ˈkɪndəɹˌɡɑːɹt(ə)n/ fairly common uk us

noun

1.

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

Origin

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

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