Kind

== Bavarian == === Etymology === From Middle High German kint, from Old High German kind, from Proto-West Germanic *kind. Cognates include German Kind and Luxembourgish Kand. === Pronunciation === (Vienna) IPA(key): /ˈkʰind̥/ Hyphenation: Kind === Noun === Kind n (plural Kinder) (Vienna) child === References === Maria Hornung; Sigmar Grüner (2002), “Khind”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT Petr Šubrt (2010), Wiener dialekt (master thesis), Masaryk University, page 48 == German == === Alternative forms === Kindt (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German kint, from Old High German kind, from Proto-West Germanic *kind, from Proto-Germanic *kindą, *kinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɪnt/ Rhymes: -ɪnt === Noun === Kind n (strong, genitive Kindes or Kinds, plural Kinder, diminutive Kindchen n or Kindlein n or Kindelein n) kid; child (young person) 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) Hyponym: Kleinkind 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!” Dialectal diminutives include Kindel, Kindele, Kindl, Kindle and Kindli. In German law Kind is usually defined as a person under 14 years of age, while in non-German law Kind can mean a person under 18 years of age. See also Jugendlicher (person under 18 years but at least 14 years old) and Minderjähriger (person under 18 years of age). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “Kind”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Kind” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Kind” in Duden online “Kind” in OpenThesaurus.de Kind on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Kind”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 == Hunsrik == === Etymology === From Middle High German kint, from Old High German kind, from Proto-West Germanic *kind, from Proto-Germanic *kindą, *kinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʰint/ Rhymes: -int Syllabification: Kind === Noun === Kind n (plural Kinner) 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 === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Kind”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch == Low German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German kint, from Old Saxon kind, from Proto-West Germanic *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) (various dialects) Kind n (plural Kinga or Kinger, diminutive Kindke) (Low Prussian) Kind n (dative Kinne, plural Kinner, vocative Kinners) (Paderbornisch) (human) child offspring (person, with regard to position in a family) ==== Antonyms ==== Öllern (Vader m, Moder f) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Kinnken (Ravensbergisch) == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === From Middle High German kint, from Old High German kind, from Proto-West Germanic *kind (“child”). Cognate with Dutch kind, Latin gēns and genus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɪnt/ === Noun === Kind n (plural Kinner) child, kid