Kindertagesstätte
German
Alternative forms
- Kita, KiTa (short forms)
Etymology
From Kind (“child”) + -er- + Tagesstätte (“day care center”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɪndɐˌtaːɡəsˌʃtɛtə/, /ˌkɪndɐˈtaːɡəsˌʃtɛtə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Kin‧der‧ta‧ges‧stät‧te
Noun
Kindertagesstätte f (genitive Kindertagesstätte, plural Kindertagesstätten)
- day care center; nursery school; kindergarten (for preschool children)
- Synonym: (widely used interchangeably except that Kindergarten is commoner for religiously or ideologically affiliated institutions) Kindergarten
Declension
Declension of Kindertagesstätte [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Kindertagesstätte | die | Kindertagesstätten |
| genitive | einer | der | Kindertagesstätte | der | Kindertagesstätten |
| dative | einer | der | Kindertagesstätte | den | Kindertagesstätten |
| accusative | eine | die | Kindertagesstätte | die | Kindertagesstätten |
Further reading
- “Kindertagesstätte” in Duden online
- “Kindertagesstätte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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