kinder

See also: Kinder and kínder

English

Etymology 1

From kind +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: kīndʹə, IPA^(key): /ˈkaɪndə/
• (US) enPR: kīndʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈkaɪndɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪndə(ɹ)

Adjective

kinder

1. comparative form of kind: more kind

   My aunt has been kinder to me since my father died.

   • 2021 February 10, Nigel Harris, “We risk destroying value”, in RAIL, number 924, page 3:

     Electric trains have much lower operating costs and are kinder to the track.

Etymology 2

Adverb

kinder (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of kinda
   • 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw‎^[1]:

     I told ’im to give you the strings last night, but I’m kinder glad thet Rosebud interfered an’ saved yer life.

   • 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 9, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017:

     'No, he was kinder reticent about that part of it.'

Etymology 3

From German Kinder (“children”), sometimes via Yiddish קינדער (kinder, “children”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: kĭndʹə, IPA^(key): /ˈkɪndə/
• (US) enPR: kĭndʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈkɪndɚ/

Noun

kinder pl (plural only)

1. (chiefly humorous or in German or Yiddish contexts) Children.
   • 2008 December 31, Al Scaduto, They'll Do It Every Time (newspaper comic):

     But - let wifey leave him with the kinder while out shopping...

   • 2010, Beth Rubin, Frommer's Washington D.C. with Kids, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

     Of special interest to the kinder are The Children's Place, Baby Gap, Gap Kids and Gap, Gymboree, The Limited, America!, and the Sweet Factory.

   • 2012, Charlotte Druckman, Skirt Steak: Women Chefs on Standing the Heat and Staying in the Kitchen, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 192:

     Do note, as Goin mentions, this is a policy better implemented when the kinder are well past infancy.

Noun

kinder (countable and uncountable, plural kinders)

1. (Philippines, countable, uncountable) Short for kindergarten.
2. (informal, countable) Short for kindergartener.

Derived terms

• kinder one
• kinder two

Anagrams

• Kidner, drinke, kidren, kinred, red ink

Danish

Noun

kinder c

1. indefinite plural of kind

Polish

Alternative forms

• kiender (Central Greater Poland)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈkin.dɛr/

Noun

kinder m animal

1. (Central Greater Poland) Synonym of kiernoz

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “kinder”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 19

Swedish

Noun

kinder

1. indefinite plural of kind

Tatar

Noun

kinder

1. cannabis