Kind

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German kint, from Old High German kind, from Proto-Germanic *kindą, *kinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɪnt/
  • audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

Kind n (genitive Kindes or Kinds, plural Kinder, diminutive Kindchen n or Kindlein n or Kindelein n)

  1. kid; child (young person)
  2. child; offspring (person with regard to his or her parents; also a baby animal or young animal, especially as the second component in numerous compound nouns)
    Er war das zweitgeborene Kind in der Familie.
    He was the second-born child in the family.
    Er ist das Kind zweier blinder Eltern.
    He is the child of two blind parents.

Usage notes

  • The normal plural is Kinder. The double plural Kinders (also Kinners) is colloquial and chiefly restricted to Low German areas (northern Germany). It is most often heard as a vocative, either referring to an actual group of children or figuratively: Kinders, wie die Zeit vergeht! − “Boy, how time flies!”
  • In German law Kind is usually defined as a person under 14 years of age,[1] while in non-German law Kind can mean a person under 18 years of age.[2] See also Jugendlicher (person under 18 years but at least 14 years old) and Minderjähriger (person under 18 years of age).

Declension

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Hyponyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gesetz über die Verbreitung jugendgefährdender Schriften und Medieninhalte (GjS or GjSM) from 1985 (with changes from 1994 and 1997), §.1(4); Jugendschutzgesetz (JuSchG) from 2002 (with changes from 2013), §.1(1)
  2. ^ Übereinkommen über die Rechte des Kindes (VN-Kinderrechtskonvention or UN-Kinderrechtskonvention), Art.1

Further reading

  • “Kind” in Duden online

German Low German

Etymology

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From Middle Low German kint, from Old Saxon kind, from Proto-Germanic *kindą, *kinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɪnt/, [kʰɪ̃ˑntʰ], [kɪ̃ːnt]

Noun

Kind n (plural Kinner or Kinder or Kinga)

  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)

Antonyms

Derived terms

Noun

Kind n (dative Kinne, plural Kinner, vocative Kinners)

  1. (Paderbornisch) (human) child

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kindą, *kinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Kind n (plural Kinner)

  1. kid; child
    Die Kinner kenne net schlofe.
    The children can't sleep.
    Die Kinner gehn in die Schul.
    The kids go to the school.
    Sie baad eere Kind.
    She bathes her child.

Derived terms

Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

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

Noun

Kind n (plural Kinner)

  1. child, kid
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