Kindertransport

German

Etymology

Kinder +‎ Transport

Pronunciation

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Noun

Kindertransport m (strong, genitive Kindertransportes or Kindertransports, plural Kindertransporte)

1. The transportation of children.
2. (historical) The organized rescue of (predominantly Jewish) children from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the Free City of Danzig, placing them in British foster homes, shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War.

Declension

Declension of Kindertransport [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kindertransport	die	Kindertransporte
genitive	eines	des	Kindertransportes, Kindertransports	der	Kindertransporte
dative	einem	dem	Kindertransport, Kindertransporte1	den	Kindertransporten
accusative	einen	den	Kindertransport	die	Kindertransporte

¹Now rare, see notes.