How to spell kindergarten

hear itkin·der·gar·ten/'kɪndər,ɡɑrtən/nounRules and real life

What it means: A preschool for children age 4 to 6.

In a sentence: I can't wait to make new friends at kindergarten.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as kindergarden or kindergaten.

Same family: kindergartener, kindergarten teacher, preschool, nursery school, early-childhood-education. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Kindergarten” comes from German and literally means “children’s garden.” The term was created in the 1800s by educator Friedrich Fröbel, who imagined a place where young children could grow and develop like plants in a garden.

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