Kind

• Kindt (obsolete)

From Middle High German kint, from Old High German kind, from Proto-Germanic *kindą, *kinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”).

• IPA^(key): /kɪnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪnt

Kind n (genitive Kindes or Kinds, plural Kinder, diminutive Kindchen n or Kindlein n or Kindelein n)

1. kid; child (young person)
2. child; offspring (person with regard to his or her parents; also a baby animal or young animal, especially as the second component in numerous compound nouns)

   Er war das zweitgeborene Kind in der Familie.

   He was the second-born child in the family.

   Er ist das Kind zweier blinder Eltern.

   He is the child of two blind parents.

• The normal plural is Kinder. The double plural Kinders (also Kinners) is colloquial and chiefly restricted to Low German areas (northern Germany). It is most often heard as a vocative, either referring to an actual group of children or figuratively: Kinders, wie die Zeit vergeht! − “Boy, how time flies!”
• In German law Kind is usually defined as a person under 14 years of age,[1] while in non-German law Kind can mean a person under 18 years of age.[2] See also Jugendlicher (person under 18 years but at least 14 years old) and Minderjähriger (person under 18 years of age).

• (young person): Kleinkind

• Kind in Duden online

From Middle Low German kint, from Old Saxon kind, from Proto-Germanic *kindą, *kinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”).

• IPA^(key): /kɪnt/, [kʰɪ̃ˑntʰ], [kɪ̃ːnt]

Kind n (plural Kinner or Kinder or Kinga)

1. (in most dialects, including Low Prussian) (human) child
2. (in most dialects, including Low Prussian) offspring (person, with regard to position in a family)

• Göör
• Hävelmann
• Krööt
• Lütt
• Pööks
• Schietbüdel
• Wicht

• Grootöllern
• Moder
• Öllern
• Öllerndeel
• Oorgrootöllern
• Uurgrootöllern
• Vader

Kind n (dative Kinne, plural Kinner, vocative Kinners)

1. (Paderbornisch) (human) child

From Proto-Germanic *kindą, *kinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”).

• IPA^(key): /kʰint/

Kind n (plural Kinner)

1. kid; child

   Die Kinner kenne net schlofe.

   The children can't sleep.

   Die Kinner gehn in die Schul.

   The kids go to the school.

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Middle High German kint, from Old High German kind, from Proto-Germanic *kindą, *kinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”). Cognate with Dutch kind, Latin gēns and genus.

Kind n (plural Kinner)

1. child, kid