Kindergarten : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Kindergarten	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Kindergarten
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kindergarten n a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kindergarten \Kin"der*gar`ten\, n. [G., lit., children's garden; kinder (pl. of kind child, akin to E. kin kindred) + garten garden.] A school for young children, conducted on the theory that education should be begun by gratifying and cultivating the normal aptitude for exercise, play, observation, imitation, and construction; -- a name given by Friedrich Froebel, a German educator, who introduced this method of training, in rooms opening on a garden.