kinder

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Pronunciations

kinder (KIN-dur) listen
kind (KIHND) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Children.

Example Sentences

  • "Services for the kinder and their families are upstairs at 10:30."

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • קינדער kinder 'children' (singular: קינד kind)

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older

      Regions

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).

      Alternative Spellings

      kind

Notes

  • singular: 'kind'
    plural: 'kinder'

    See also kinderlach.

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