Kindertagesstätte

German

Alternative forms

• Kita, KiTa (short forms)

Etymology

From Kind (“child”) +‎ -er- +‎ Tagesstätte (“day care center”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪndɐˌtaːɡəsˌʃtɛtə/, /ˌkɪndɐˈtaːɡəsˌʃtɛtə/

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• Hyphenation: Kin‧der‧ta‧ges‧stät‧te

Noun

Kindertagesstätte f (genitive Kindertagesstätte, plural Kindertagesstätten)

1. 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