Kind

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German [edit]

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Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle High German kint, from Old High German kind, from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”), cognate to Dutch kind, Latin gēns and genus.

Noun [edit]

Kind n (genitive Kinds or Kindes, plural Kinder)

  1. child (young person)
  2. offspring (person, with regard to position in a family)
    Er war das zweitgeborene Kind in der Familie.
    Er ist das Kind zweier blinder Eltern.
    He is the child of two blind parents.

Declension [edit]

declension of Kind
singular plural
n gender indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Kind die Kinder
genitive eines des Kindes,
Kinds		 der Kinder
dative einem dem Kind,
Kinde (archaic)		 den Kindern
accusative ein das Kind die Kinder

Derived terms [edit]

Derived terms from Kind "child"

Low German [edit]

Noun [edit]

Kind n (plural Kinner or Kinder or Kinga or variants thereof, depending on dialect)

  1. (in most dialects, including Low Prussian) (human) child
  2. (in most dialects, including Low Prussian) offspring (person, with regard to position in a family)

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